New Britain thrush
Species of bird
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The New Britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is found in the montane forests on the Papua New Guinean islands of New Britain and Umboi.
| New Britain thrush | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. talaseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1926) | |
The Bougainville thrush was formerly considered to be conspecific with the New Britain thrush and together the complex was known as the black-backed thrush.[2]
