chestnut-backed thrush

Birds on display include Timor sparrows, chestnut-backed thrushes, and orange-headed thrushes.

Zoothera dohertyi (Chestnut-backed thrush)

The chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi) is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

Opened in 2011, Brilliant Birds is a walk-through aviary housing several species of exotic birds, including Nicobar pigeons, Bali starlings, lilac-breasted rollers, chestnut-backed thrush, and Victoria crowned pigeons.

The superficially similar chestnut-backed thrush is substantially larger when seen alongside one another, and has a black crown and rufous back, whereas the Enggano thrush has an olive-ochre back and little or no white on the lores and auriculars.