#1190 · 🐦 birds

White's Thrush

🇳🇱 Goudlijster ·Zoothera aurea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

White's thrush ( Zoothera aurea ) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name Zoothera comes from the Ancient Greek zoon , "animal" and theras , "hunter". The specific aurea is from Latin aureus , "golden".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,339iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,339 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Joseph Jacques Holandre in 1825 (201 years ago).