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Alpine Thrush
Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)
Turdidae — Thrushes
Alpine Thrush, Zoothera mollissima, is a thrush in the family Turdidae that breeds across the north-western Himalayas to southern China. It was described by Blyth in 1842. It was once treated as the plain-backed thrush, before that form was divided into Alpine Thrush, Sichuan Thrush and Himalayan Thrush. Its range lies in the Oriental Region, and it is associated with subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and grassland.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae — Thrushes
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: nw Himalayas to s China
