Crossley’s Ground-Thrush / Geokichla crossleyi
Crossley's Ground-Thrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus crossleyi Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.607 pl.47
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: crgthr1
Type Locality: Cameroon Mountain.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
GEOKICHLA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-headed Thrush G. citrina) Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Vogels. ... Geo-Kichla singularis." (Macklot 1830) (nom. nud.); "Myiothera loricata, MULL., pl. V. fig. 5. Behoort tot de afdeeling der grootere soorten van vliegenjagers, bij welke de staart iets meer verlengd is, en die door geheele gedaante reeds sterk tot de lijsters (Turdi) naderen. Tusschen hen en dit laatste geslacht staat het genus: Geokichla BOIE, waarvan de Turdus citrinus LATH. de typus is." (S. Müller 1835); "Geokichla Müller, 1835, Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. Phys., 2, pl. 3, p. 348. Type, by original designation, Turdus citrinus Latham." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 144).
Synon. Cryptocichla, Geocichloides, Pseudoturdus, Turdulus.
geokichla
Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush.
crossleyi
Alfred Crossley (1829-1888) British taxidermist, collector in the Cameroons, Rhodesia and Madagascar 1870-1873 (Atelornis, Geokichla, Mystacornis).
SUBSPECIES
Crossley's Ground-Thrush (Crossley's)
SCI Name: Geokichla crossleyi crossleyi
crossleyi
Alfred Crossley (1829-1888) British taxidermist, collector in the Cameroons, Rhodesia and Madagascar 1870-1873 (Atelornis, Geokichla, Mystacornis).
Crossley's Ground-Thrush (Itombwe)
SCI Name: Geokichla crossleyi pilettei
pilettei
Alfred Pilette (1866-1927) Belgian trader in the Congo, explorer, collector (Paul Scofield in litt.) (syn. Cryptospiza jacksoni, subsp. Geokichla crossleyi).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)