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Zoothera dixoni
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Full
Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm) 1881 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum 5 p.161 |
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Resembles 0. mollissima [Plain-backed Thrush, Zoothera mollissima-Ed], but differs in having a much longer tail and large and distinct fulvous tips to the median and greater wing-coverts at all ages (EW Oates-1890).
zoom in/out (Max 2X)  Mid (leafy floors) to High (grassy slopes) Himalaya References: Grimmett, R., Inskipp C. & Inskipp T. (2011): Birds of the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, 2nd Ed., p.408, Published by Christopher Helm, London Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.238, v.2, p.358. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. |
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