Red-backed Thrush
Encyclopedia
The Red-backed Thrush is a species of bird
in the Turdidae family. Traditionally, it included the Red-and-black Thrush
(Z. mendeni) as a subspecies
.
It is endemic to forests on Sulawesi
and the nearby islands of Buton
and Kabaena
in Indonesia
. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Turdidae family. Traditionally, it included the Red-and-black Thrush
Red-and-black Thrush
The Peleng Thrush , also known as the Red-and-black Thrush, is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to forests on the Indonesian islands of Taliabu and Peleng, where threatened by habitat loss. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the Red-backed...
(Z. mendeni) as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
.
It is endemic to forests on Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
and the nearby islands of Buton
Buton
Buton , is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi.-History:In the precolonial era, the island, then usually known as Butung, was within the sphere of influence of Ternate...
and Kabaena
Kabaena
Kabaena is an island in the Flores Sea, Indonesia, off the coast of Sulawesi. It is a part of South East Sulawesi province. Its area is 873 km²....
in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Referecens
- BirdLife International 2006. Zoothera erythronota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.