quail-thrush
noun
Any of several ground-dwelling Australasian songbirds of the genus Cinclosoma, with a pale eyestripe and (in the male) black and white markings on the throat and breast.
- Now usually placed in their own family, Cinclosomidae, the quail-thrushes have in the past been placed in the families Orthonychidae and Timaliidae..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Official Checklist Birds Australia.