Thrushes (Turdidae)

Dark-sided Thrush (Zoothera marginata) - HBW 10, p. 696

French: Grive à grand bec German: Langschnabeldrossel Spanish: Zorzal Flanquioscuro
Other common names: Dark-sided/Long-billed Ground-thrush, Lesser Brown Thrush

Taxonomy: Z.(oothera) marginata Blyth, 1847, Arakan, Myanmar.
Belongs to a group, possibly a superspecies, which also includes Z. dauma, Z. imbricata, Z. lunulata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae, Z. turipavae and Z. monticola, perhaps including also Z. mollissima and Z. dixoni. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Himalayas E, discontinuously, to Assam, Myanmar, NW Thailand, extreme S China (S Yunnan) and Indochina.