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Dark-sided Thrush
Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847
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.
Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) in Doi Inthanon National Park, Ban Luang, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is also known as the lesser brown thrush, the long-billed ground-thrush, and the dark-sided ground-thrush. The species is monotypic (lacking subspecies) and is closely related to a number of thrushes in the genus Zoothera, including the long-billed thrush and the widespread scaly thrush. It was described by Edward Blyth in 1847 based upon a specimen collected in Rakhine in Burma (Myanmar).
Wikipedia contributors, Dark-sided thrush; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:21:13.661612+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847
- Name authority
- Blyth, 1847
- Common name
- Dark-sided Thrush
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Zoothera
- 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
- genusZoothera Vigors, 1832
- speciesZoothera marginata Blyth, 1847
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Zoothera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White's ThrushZoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma (Latham, 1790) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed ThrushZoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Russet-tailed ThrushZoothera heinei (Cabanis, 1851) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sri Lanka ThrushZoothera imbricata E. L. Layard, 1854 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulata (Latham, 1801) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonin ThrushZoothera terrestris (Kittlitz, 1830) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sichuan ThrushZoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| GeomaliaZoothera heinrichi (Stresemann, 1931) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, J. Zhao, J. Xu, Dalvi, T. Cai, Y. Guan, R. Zhang, Kalyakin et al., 2016 | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda ThrushZoothera andromedae (Temminck, 1826) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Everett's ThrushZoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892) | TurdidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Blyth, & Edward. (1847). Notices and Descriptions of various New or Little Known Species of Birds [Continued from p. 313, ante.]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 16. 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.
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:5D7P4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.