Sulawesi Thrush

The Sulawesi thrush was formally described in 1896 by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert based on specimens collected at 2,000 m (6,600 ft) altitude and above near Bantaeng in southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hartert introduced a new genus Cataponera and coined the binomial name Cataponera turdoides. The taxonomic placement of this species remained uncertain since its description, with some authorities classifying it with the laughingthrushes (family Leiothrichidae). others classified with the true thrushes (family Turdidae). (Wikipedia, general species account).

The study found the Sulawesi thrush to actually represent a highly divergent member of the genus Turdus, belonging in a clade comprising primarily migratory Palearctic thrushes. The species is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its habitat is evergreen montane forest and moss-forest and its altitudinal range lies between 1,100 and 2,400 m (3,600 and 7,900 ft). T. t. abditiva from the northern part of the island. (Wikipedia, general species account).