Ethiopian Thrush

Ethiopian Thrush
	File:Ethiopian Thrush.png
	From Etosha National Park
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Superfamily:	Muscicapoidea
Clade:	Dipper clade
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Turdus; Cabanis, 1860
Species:	P. simensis
Binomial name
	Psophocichla simensis; Rüppell, 1837
Synonyms
	Psophocichla litsipsirupa simensis; Turdus litsitsirupa simensis

Ethiopian Thrush, Psophocichla simensis is a species of thrush found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It was formerly considered conspecific to the P. litsipsirupa.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2020). Ethiopian Thrush (Psophocichla simensis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/1344018 on 11 April 2020).
^ BirdLife International (2012). "Psophocichla litsitsirupa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T22708692A39711989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22708692A39711989.enFreely accessible.
^ The specific name is often spelt litsipsirupa, however litsitsirupa is the correct spelling (Zoonomen, 2003). The name is of Tswana origin and is imitative of the bird's call.

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[HBW-1] Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2020). Ethiopian Thrush (Psophocichla simensis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/1344018 on 11 April 2020).

[2] BirdLife International (2012). "Psophocichla litsitsirupa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T22708692A39711989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22708692A39711989.enFreely accessible.

[3] The specific name is often spelt litsipsirupa, however litsitsirupa is the correct spelling (Zoonomen, 2003). The name is of Tswana origin and is imitative of the bird's call.

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