Quail-thrush
Genus of birds
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A quail-thrush is a bird of the genus Cinclosoma, which contains eight species. Quail-thrushes are in a different family from either quails or thrushes, but bear some superficial resemblance to them. The genus is found in Australia and New Guinea in a variety of habitats ranging from rainforest to deserts. The genus is closely related to the jewel-babblers of New Guinea. Seven species were recognised in 2007.[2] A molecular study published in 2015 by Gaynor Dolman and Leo Joseph resulted in the splitting of the chestnut-backed quail-thrush into the chestnut quail-thrush of eastern Australia and the copperback quail-thrush in the west.[3]
| Cinclosoma | |
|---|---|
| |
| Chestnut quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castanotum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cinclosomatidae |
| Genus: | Cinclosoma Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus punctatus[1] Shaw, 1794 | |
Species
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma ajax | New Guinea. | |
 | Spotted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | Australia. |
| Copperback quail-thrush | Cinclosoma clarum | Australia. | |
.jpg) | Chestnut quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castanotum | Australia |
 | Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castaneothorax | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Perth.) |
| Western quail-thrush | Cinclosoma marginatum | Australia. | |
| Nullarbor quail-thrush | Cinclosoma alisteri | Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia | |
.jpg) | Cinnamon quail-thrush | Cinclosoma cinnamomeum | central Australia |