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New Britain or Bougainville Thrush

Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena] (= Zoothera talaseae) (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO 1926)

The black-backed thrush or New Britain thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it occurs on the islands of New Britain, Umboi and Bougainville. Its natural habitats are temperate, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Turdidae
Genus:
   Zoothera
Scientific:
  Zoothera talaseae

Original description

Citation:
  (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO 1926)

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 46 p.53

Protonym:
  Turdus talaseae

Type locality:
  Talasea, New Britain.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125298#page/89/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  48EE2AA6E1C7EA0E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-48EE2AA6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/48EE2AA6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563813

Geographic range:

  • Zoothera talaseae: New Britain and Umboi (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
  • Zoothera atrigena: Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush
French:
Grive de Nouvelle-Bretagne ou G. de Bougainville

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
New Britain or Bougainville Thrush ( Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Grive de Nouvelle-Bretagne ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Zoothera talaseae talaseae [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-backed Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-backed Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-backed Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Zoothera talaseae [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Zoothera talaseae [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
New Britain Thrush ( Zoothera talaseae) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zoothera talaseae [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zoothera talaseae [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Zoothera [margaretae or talaseae]

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Catalan: griva de Nova Bretanya
Czech: Drozd melanéský
Danish: Skælflanket Drossel
German: Bismarck Erddrossel, Bismarckerddrossel
English: Black-backed Thrush, Melanesian Ground Thrush, New Britain Ground Thrush, New Britain or Bougainville Thrush, New Britain Thrush, Northern Melanesian Ground Thrush, Northern Melanesian Ground-Thrush, Talasea Thrush
Esperanto: Novbritia turdo
Spanish: Zorzal de Nueva Bretaña, Zorzal Melanesio
Estonian: melaneesia kirjurästas
Finnish: Melanesiankirjorastas
French: Grive de Nouvelle-Bretagne, Grive de Nouvelle-Bretagne ou G. de Bougainville, Grive des Bismarck
Croatian: bizmarkski drozd
Hungarian: bismarck-szigeteki földirigó
Italian: Tordo della Melanesia, Tordo di New Britain
Japanese (romaji): nyuaburitenjitsugumi, nyu-buritenjitsugumi
Japanese: ニュアブリテンジツグミ, ニューブリテンジツグミ
Scientific: Turdus talaseae, Zoothera [talaseae or atrigena], Zoothera talaseae, Zoothera talaseae talaseae
Lithuanian: Naujosios Britanijos dirvinis strazdas
Dutch: Bismarckgoudlijster
Norwegian: Tåketrost
Polish: drozdon melanezyjski, drozdoń melanezyjski
Portuguese: tordo-de-dorso-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): tordo-da-nova-bretanha
Russian: Новобританский дрозд, Новобританский земляной дрозд
Slovak: drozd melanézsky
Serbian: Drozd sa ostrva Nova Britanija
Swedish: New Britaintrast, svartryggig trast
Turkish: Yeni Britanya Ardıcı
Ukrainian: Квічаль новобританський
Chinese: 新不列颠地鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 新不列顛島地鶇

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