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New Britain thrush

Zoothera talaseae (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1926)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The new britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 65.3 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

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Quick facts about the new britain thrush

Weight
65.3 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the new britain thrush live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The new britain thrush is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the new britain thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The New Britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is found in the montane forests on the Papua New Guinean islands of New Britain and Umboi.

The Bougainville thrush was formerly considered to be conspecific with the New Britain thrush and together the complex was known as the black-backed thrush.

From the Wikipedia article “New Britain thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Britain_thrush&oldid=1379752388), 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 new britain thrush endangered?

The new britain thrush is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the new britain thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera talaseae (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1926)

Synonyms Turdus talaseae, Zoothera margaretae margaretae, Zoothera talaseae talaseae

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Black-backed thrushEnglish
  • Black-backed thrushEnglish
  • Black-backed thrushEnglish
  • griva de Nova BretanyaCatalan
  • drozd melanéskýCzech
  • brych daear MelanesiaWelsh
  • Skælflanket DrosselDanish
  • BismarkerddrosselGerman
  • Bismarck-DrosselGerman
  • BismarckerddrosselGerman
  • novbritia turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal de Nueva BretañaSpanish
  • melaneesia kirjurästasEstonian
  • melanesiankirjorastasFinnish
  • Grive de Nouvelle-BretagneFrench
  • bizmarkski drozdCroatian
  • bismarck-szigeteki földirigóHungarian
  • Tordo di New BritainItalian
  • ニューブリテンジツグミJapanese
  • Naujosios Britanijos dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • BismarckgoudlijsterDutch
  • tåketrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń melanezyjskiPolish
  • tordo-de-dorso-pretoPortuguese
  • tordo-da-nova-bretanhaPortuguese
  • Новобританский дроздRussian
  • Новобританский земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd melanézskySlovak
  • Drozd sa ostrva Nova BritanijaSerbian
  • newbritaintrastSwedish
  • svartryggig trastSwedish
  • Yeni Britanya ArdıcıTurkish
  • квічаль новобританськийUkrainian
  • 新不列颠地鸫Chinese
  • 新不列顛島地鶇Chinese

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Relatives of the new britain 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 new britain thrush?

An adult new britain thrush weighs 65.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the new britain thrush live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the new britain thrush for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the new britain thrush endangered?

The new britain thrush is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the new britain thrush?

The new britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{new_britain_thrush_2026,
  title = {New Britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-britain-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}