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Ashy Thrush
Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The ashy thrush (Geokichla cinerea), also known as the ashy ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Philippines in Luzon and Mindoro. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Ashy thrush; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:17:18.597040+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894
- Name authority
- Bourns & Worcester, 1894
- Common name
- Ashy Thrush
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Geokichla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusGeokichla S. Müller, 1836
- speciesGeokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Geokichla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Crossley's Ground ThrushGeokichla crossleyi (Sharpe, 1871) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpres (Temminck, 1828) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enggano ThrushGeokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 1892 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oberländer's Ground ThrushGeokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 1914 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-sided ThrushGeokichla peronii (Vieillot, 1818) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-backed ThrushGeokichla schistacea A. B. Meyer, 1884 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spot-winged ThrushGeokichla spiloptera (Blyth, 1847) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-backed ThrushGeokichla dohertyi E. J. O. Hartert, 1896 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-eared Ground ThrushGeokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 1905 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina (Latham, 1790) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buru ThrushGeokichla dumasi Rothschild, 1899 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-backed ThrushGeokichla erythronota P. L. Sclater, 1859 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Zoothera cinerea (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bourns, Frank Swift, & and Dean Contant Worcester. (1894). Preliminary Notes on the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands. Occasional Papers of the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3FPZ7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.