Everett's thrush

Everett's thrush
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Zoothera
Species:	Z. everetti
Binomial name
	Zoothera everetti; (Sharpe, 1892)

Everett's thrush (Zoothera everetti) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

Distribution and habitat

The thrush is endemic to the island of Borneo where it has been recorded only from the mountains of Sabah and northern Sarawak in eastern Malaysia.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.