Quail-thrush

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. 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.

Species

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Nest of Cinclosoma marginatum photographed by Whitlock, East Murchison 1909

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Painted quail-thrush	Cinclosoma ajax	New Guinea.
File:Spotted Quail-thrush male - Blackheath.jpg	Spotted quail-thrush	Cinclosoma punctatum	Australia.
	Copperback quail-thrush	Cinclosoma clarum	Australia.
File:Chestnut Quail-thrush (11078463133).jpg	Chestnut quail-thrush	Cinclosoma castanotum	Australia
File:Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush - Mt Grenfell.jpg	Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush	Cinclosoma castaneothorax	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Perth.)
	Western quail-thrush	Cinclosoma marginatum	Australia.
	Nullarbor quail-thrush	Cinclosoma alisteri	Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia
File:Cinnamon Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum).jpg	Cinnamon quail-thrush	Cinclosoma cinnamomeum	central Australia

Further reading

• 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. Template:ISBN