The complete mitochondrial genome of the black-breasted thrush <i>Turdus dissimilis</i> (passeriformes: Turdidae)

The Back-breasted Thrush (<i>Turdus dissimilis</i> Blyth 1847), a medium-sized <i>Turdus</i> bird in the Turdidae family, is widely distributed in montane areas from northeastern India and Myanmar to southern China. The mitochondrial <i>DNA</i> of <i>T. dissimilis</i> is packaged in a compact 16,761-basepair (bp) circular molecule with <i>A + T</i> content of 52.50%. It contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 <i>rRNAs</i> and 22 <i>tRNAs</i>, and 1 noncoding region. We reconstructed a phylogenetic tree based on the mitogenome sequences of 10 Turdidae species and one outgroup. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that <i>T. dissimilis</i> is a sister taxon to <i>T. unicolor.</i> The new mitogenome data would provide useful information for application in conservation.