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Long-tailed thrush

Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 88.6 g to 90 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed thrush

Weight
90 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-tailed thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the long-tailed thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from the central and eastern Himalayas to south-central and south-western China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

The scientific name, Zoothera dixoni, is named after ornithologist Charles Dixon.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_thrush&oldid=1314560822), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-tailed thrush endangered?

The long-tailed thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the long-tailed thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)

Synonyms Geocichla dixoni

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • griva de DixonCatalan
  • drozd dlouhoocasýCzech
  • brych mynydd cynffonhirWelsh
  • Langhalet DrosselDanish
  • DixondrosselGerman
  • Dixon-DrosselGerman
  • DixonerddrosselGerman
  • longvosta turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal de DixonSpanish
  • händ-kirjurästasEstonian
  • himalajankirjorastasFinnish
  • Grive de DixonFrench
  • ljuskastotrbi drozdCroatian
  • Dixon-földirigóHungarian
  • Tordo codalungaItalian
  • オナガトラツグミJapanese
  • ilgauodegis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • garastes zemesstrazdsLatvian
  • langhaletrostNorwegian Bokmål
  • LangstaartlijsterDutch
  • Gevlekte BerglijsterDutch
  • langstjerttrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń długosternyPolish
  • tordo-rabilongoPortuguese
  • Длиннохвостый дроздRussian
  • Длиннохвостый земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd dlhochvostýSlovak
  • Dugorepi himalajski drozdSerbian
  • långstjärtad trastSwedish
  • นกเดินดงหลังสีไพลThai
  • Dixon ArdıcıTurkish
  • квічаль довгохвостийUkrainian
  • 長尾地鶇Chinese
  • 长尾地鸫Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed thrush

Other species in the same genus Zoothera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-tailed thrush?

An adult long-tailed thrush weighs 90 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-tailed thrush endangered?

The long-tailed thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed thrush?

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-thrush

MLA

“Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-thrush.

BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_thrush_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}