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Dark-Sided Thrush 
Other names: lesser brown thrush, the long-billed ground-thrush, and the dark-sided ground-thrush
(Zoothera marginata)
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The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

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- Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata): blotched breast and belly with white stain on a dark brown background. 
- Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis): female: blotched breast and belly with dark stain on a white background. 

Turdidae, Turdus is the Latin word for a "thrush".
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
marginata: Latin word meaning "border" or "margin".

Scaly thrush 
(Zoothera dauma)
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The scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Turdidae derives from the Latin word turdus, meaning thrush.
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
dauma: possibly from “Dama” is the Bengali name for the Scaly Thrush.

White's thrush 
(Zoothera aurea)

White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.
Once considered a subspecies of the scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma).

Turdidae derives from the Latin word turdus, meaning thrush.
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
The specific aurea is from Latin aureus, "golden".

The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family, Turdidae.
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".

1/ Scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)
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2/ Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata)
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3/ White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)