Ethiopian thrush | |
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In Gondar, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Turdus |
Species: | T. simensis
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Binomial name | |
Turdus simensis (Rüppell, 1837)
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The Ethiopian thrush (Turdus simensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian thrush was formally described in 1837 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell from a specimen collected in northern Ethiopia. He used the scientific name Merula (Turdus) simensis.[2][3] The specific epithet is from the type locality, the Simien Mountains.[4]
This thrush has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa).[5][6]