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Pied Thrush
Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)
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 pied thrush (Geokichla wardii) is a member of the thrush family found in India and Sri Lanka. The males are conspicuously patterned in black and white while the females are olive brown and speckled. They breed in the central Himalayan forests and winter in the hill forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. Like many other thrushes, they forage on leaf litter below forest undergrowth and fly into trees when disturbed and sit still making them difficult to locate.
Wikipedia contributors, Pied thrush; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:18:23.166272+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Blyth, 1843)
- Common name
- Pied 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 wardii (Blyth, 1843)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Zoothera wardii (Blyth, 1843) (Blyth, 1843) | synonym |
| Turdus wardii Blyth, 1843 Blyth, 1843 | 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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916865 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:3FPZS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.