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Thrush (bird)

Index Thrush (bird)

The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds with a worldwide distribution. [1]

56 relations: Abiotic component, Alethe (genus), Asian thrush, Aztec thrush, Biotic component, Bird, Bird nest, Blue whistling thrush, Bluebird, Brachypteryx, Catharus, Chat (bird), Clutch (eggs), Cochoa, Columbidae, Common nightingale, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cotinga, Dispersal vector, Entomodestes, European robin, Family (biology), Forest rock thrush, Forest thrush, Fruithunter, Geokichla, Geomalia, Grandala, Great thrush, Groundscraper thrush, Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Insectivore, Land snail, Lesser shortwing, Molecular phylogenetics, Myadestes, Old World flycatcher, Passerine, Picathartes, Platycichla, Polymath, Rock thrush, Rockjumper, Rufous thrush, Rufous-brown solitaire, Seed dispersal, Shortwing (bird), Sulawesi thrush, The Hobbit, Toucan, ..., Tristan thrush, Trogon, True thrush, Varied thrush, Whistling thrush, Wood thrush. Expand index (6 more) »

Abiotic component

In biology and ecology, abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

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Alethe (genus)

Alethe is a genus of small mainly insectivorous birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in West Africa.

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Asian thrush

The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family, Turdidae.

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Aztec thrush

The Aztec thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

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Biotic component

Biotic components or biotic factors, can be described as any living component that affects another organism, or shapes the ecosystem.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird nest

A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.

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Blue whistling thrush

The blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a whistling thrush present in the mountains of Central Asia, China and Southeast Asia.

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Bluebird

The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous bird in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae).

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Brachypteryx

Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds containing three species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.

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Catharus

Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae.

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Chat (bird)

Chats (formerly sometimes known as "chat-thrushes") are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classified as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers.

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Clutch (eggs)

A clutch of eggs is the group of eggs produced by birds, amphibians, or reptiles, often at a single time, particularly those laid in a nest.

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Cochoa

The cochoas (from cocho, Nepali for Cochoa purpurea) are medium-sized frugivorous, insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa.

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Columbidae

Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species.

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Common nightingale

The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Cotinga

The cotingas are a large family, Cotingidae, of suboscine passerine birds found in Central America and tropical South America.

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Dispersal vector

In the biology of dispersal, a dispersal vector is "an agent transporting seeds or other dispersal units".

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Entomodestes

Entomodestes is a small genus of birds in the thrush family.

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European robin

The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Forest rock thrush

The forest rock thrush (Monticola sharpei) is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats.

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Forest thrush

The forest thrush (Turdus lherminieri) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

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Fruithunter

The fruithunter or fruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi), also known as the black-breasted fruit-hunter, is an enigmatic species of bird currently placed with the typical thrushes in the family Turdidae.

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Geokichla

The Geokichla thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.

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Geomalia

The geomalia or Sulawesi mountain thrush (Zoothera heinrichi) is a rare member of the thrush family endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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Grandala

The grandala (Grandala coelicolor) is a bird species now placed in the family Turdidae.

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Great thrush

The great thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

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Groundscraper thrush

The groundscraper thrush (Psophocichla litsitsirupa) is a passerine bird of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the thrush family, Turdidae.

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Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World

The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World is a book by Richard Howard and Alick Moore which presents a list of the bird species of the world.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects.

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Land snail

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to sea snails and freshwater snails.

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Lesser shortwing

The lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris) is a species of chat.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominately in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Myadestes

Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.

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Old World flycatcher

The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia).

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Picathartes

The picathartes, rockfowl or bald crows are a small genus of two passerine bird species forming the family Picathartidae found in the rain-forests of tropical west and central Africa.

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Platycichla

Platycichla is a small disputed genus of tropical South American thrushes.

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Polymath

A polymath (πολυμαθής,, "having learned much,"The term was first recorded in written English in the early seventeenth century Latin: uomo universalis, "universal man") is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas—such a person is known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

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Rock thrush

The rock thrushes, Monticola, are a genus of chats, medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous songbirds.

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Rockjumper

The rockjumpers are medium-sized insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Chaetops, which constitutes the entire family Chaetopidae.

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Rufous thrush

The rufous thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae.

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Rufous-brown solitaire

The rufous-brown solitaire (Cichlopsis leucogenys) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

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Seed dispersal

Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.

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Shortwing (bird)

The shortwings are colourful medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae, although some taxonomists place them in the Old World Flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

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Sulawesi thrush

The Sulawesi thrush (Cataponera turdoides) is a species of passerine bird, monotypic within the genus Cataponera in the thrush family, Turdidae.

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Toucan

Toucans are members of the Neotropical near passerine bird family Ramphastidae.

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Tristan thrush

The Tristan thrush (Turdus eremita), also known as the starchy,Hince (2000).

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Trogon

The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae.

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True thrush

True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the wider thrush family, Turdidae.

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Varied thrush

The varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.

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Whistling thrush

The whistling thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus (Myiophoneus) of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

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Wood thrush

The wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) is a North American passerine bird.

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Merulidae, Thrush family, Thrushes, Turdid, Turdidae, Turdoid.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrush_(bird)

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