Thrushes (Turdidae)
Chestnut-capped Thrush (Zoothera interpres) - HBW 10, p. 682
French: Grive de Kuhl
German: Rostkappendrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Coronicastaño
Taxonomy: Turdus interpres Temminck, 1828, Java and Sumatra.
Usually treated as conspecific with Z. leucolaema, but the two differ distinctly in plumage and moderately so in proportions. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, SW Philippines (Malamaui, Jolo and Tawi-Tawi, in Sulu Is), Java (including Krakatau, Deli, Tinjil) and Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A perched bird, singing and flying away Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 6 years ago 30 sec 3.3
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calling bird in undergrowth
Locality Tawi-Tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 1998 3 years ago 2.7 -
A female perched
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 May 2007 4 years ago 2
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bird singing from lower storey Locality Tawi-Tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 1998 3 years ago 4.5 -
Five bouts of song.
Locality Danum Valley Field Center, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 1996 2 years ago 4
