Quail-thrush explained

A quail-thrush is a bird of the genus Cinclosoma, which contains eight species. Quail-thrushes are in a different family from either quails or thrushes, but bear some superficial resemblance to them. The genus is found in Australia and New Guinea in a variety of habitats ranging from rainforest to deserts. The genus is closely related to the jewel-babblers of New Guinea. Seven species were recognised in 2007.^[1] A molecular study published in 2015 by Gaynor Dolman and Leo Joseph resulted in the splitting of the chestnut-backed quail-thrush into the chestnut quail-thrush of eastern Australia and the copperback quail-thrush in the west.^[2]

Species

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Cinclosoma ajax	New Guinea.
		Cinclosoma punctatum	Australia.
		Cinclosoma clarum	Australia.
		Cinclosoma castanotum	Australia
		Cinclosoma castaneothorax	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Perth.)
		Cinclosoma marginatum	Australia.
		Cinclosoma alisteri	Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia
		Cinclosoma cinnamomeum	central Australia

References

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions.

Notes and References

1. Toon . Alicia . Austin . Jeremy J. . Dolman . Gaynor . Pedler . Lynn . Joseph . Leo . Evolution of arid zone birds in Australia: Leapfrog distribution patterns and mesic-arid connections in quail-thrush (Cinclosoma, Cinclosomatidae) . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.026 . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 62 . 1 . 286–95 . 2012 . 22040766.
2. Dolman. Gaynor. Joseph . Leo. 2015. Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species. Emu. 115. 1. 35–48. 10.1071/MU14047.