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.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Official Checklist Birds Australia.
Definition of quail-thrush in US English:
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.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Official Checklist Birds Australia.