Forest Thrush

SCI Name:  Turdus lherminieri
Protonym:  Turdus L'Herminieri Rev.Zool. 7 p.167
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  forthr1
Type Locality:  Guadeloupe.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

TURDUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Mistle Thrush T. viscivorus) L. turdus  thrush; "95. TURDUS.  Rostrum tereti-cultratum, maxilla superiore apice deflexo.  Nares nudæ, superne membranula semitectæ.  Lingua lacero-emarginata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Turdus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 168. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 27), Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 177). Linnaeus's Turdus comprised sixteen species (T. viscivorus, T. pilaris, T. iliacus, T. musicus, T. Canorus, T. rufus, T. polyglottos, T. Orpheus, T. plumbeus, T. crinitus, T. roseus, T. Merula, T. torquatus, T. solitarius, T. arundinaceus, T. virens).   
Var. Turus, Trudus, Turtus, Curdus.     
Synon. Afrocichla, Arceuthornis, Cichlherminia, Cichloides, Cichloselys, Copsichus, Copsicus, Cossyphopsis, Galeoscoptes, Haplocichla, Hodoiporus, Iliacus, Ixocossyphus, Lamprophonus, Melizocincla, Meridiocichla, Merula, Merulissima, Mimocichla, Mimokitta, Nesocichla, Peliocichla, Petrocincla, Planesticus, Platycichla, Semimerula, Thoracocincla, Turdela, Turdicus.

turdus
L. turdus  thrush.
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 < French Grive thrush (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys).
● "89. Loxia Turdus F.  ...  Habitat in insula australi Novae Zeeelandiae, simillima Turdo, statura, colore, pedibus.  Corpus magnitudine Turdi viscivori, supra fuscum." (Forster 1844) (syn. Turnagra capensis).

lherminieri
● Félix Louis l’Herminier (1779-1833) French military chemist, naturalist on Guadeloupe 1798-1829 (syn. Cinclocerthia tremula, syn. Onychoprion fuscatus, syn. Parkesia noveboracensis, ?syn. Platyrinchus platyrhynchos, Puffinus).
● Dr Ferdinand Joseph l'Herminier (1802-1866) French osteologist, ornithologist on Guadeloupe (Turdus).

SUBSPECIES

Forest Thrush (lherminieri)
SCI Name: Turdus lherminieri lherminieri
lherminieri
● Félix Louis l’Herminier (1779-1833) French military chemist, naturalist on Guadeloupe 1798-1829 (syn. Cinclocerthia tremula, syn. Onychoprion fuscatus, syn. Parkesia noveboracensis, ?syn. Platyrinchus platyrhynchos, Puffinus).
● Dr Ferdinand Joseph l'Herminier (1802-1866) French osteologist, ornithologist on Guadeloupe (Turdus).

Forest Thrush (dorotheae)
SCI Name: Turdus lherminieri dorotheae
dorotheae
● Dorothy Ebsworth White (1888-1959) daughter of Australian oologist Henry Luke White (syn. Acanthiza nana, Amytornis, subsp. Phaethon lepturus, syn. Psephotellus dissimilis).
● Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1879-1951) British palaeontologist, pioneer archaeozoologist, explorer (subsp. Certhia brachydactyla).
● Female eponym; dedicatee not yet identified (Wolters 1980, Die Vogelarten der Erde, pt. 6, 407) (subsp. Turdus lherminieri).

Forest Thrush (dominicensis)
SCI Name: Turdus lherminieri dominicensis
dominicensis / dominicus
Santo Domingo or San Domingo (= Hispaniola), West Indies.
● Erroneous TL San Domingo (= Puerto Rico); ex “Perroquet de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 792, “Papegai à bandeau rouge” of de Buffon 12770-1783, and “Red-banded Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona vittata).
● ex “Colibry de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Anthracothorax).
● ex “Alouette de mer de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Calidris melanotos).
● Erroneous TL. Santo Domingo (= South Africa) (syn. Caprimulgus pectoralis).
● ex “Tangara de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, and “Tangara de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 156, fig. 2 (Dulus).
● ex “Esmerillon de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, and “St.-Domingo Falcon” of Latham 1781 (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● ex “Carouge de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Icterus).
● Erroneous TL. San Domingo (= East Indies); “The oldest name for this bird is, no doubt, Turdus dominicus of P. L. S. Müller ...a gentleman who brought out an edition of Linnæus’s ‘Systema Naturae’ and included species published since 1766 ...It is a great question whether this author is entitled to recognition at the hands of ornithologists, as he was apparently colour-blind – witness his bestowing the name of viridis upon the rufous-and-grey Terpsiphone of South Africa, and castanea upon the totally black Philepitta jala of Madagascar! In the case of Lalage terat he has committed himself greatly, as he has not noticed the numbers of the figures on D’Aubenton’s plate [pl. 273], and has named the upper bird (“Merle des Indes orientales”) dominica, instead of the under figure, which represents a bird from San Domingo [“Merle de Saint-Domingue”]; to this he has given the name of indicus” (Sharpe 1879) (syn Lalage nigra).
● ex “Merle de Saint-Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Mimus polyglottos orpheus).
● ex “Chilcanauhtli” of Hernandez 1651, and “Querquedula dominicensis” or “Sarcelle de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Nomonyx).
● ex “Hirondelle de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, and “Hirondelle d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 545, fig. 1 (Progne).
● ex “Chouette” or “Grande Chevêche de St. Domingue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Saint Domingo Owl” of Latham 1785 (syn. Speotyto cunicularia).
● Erroneous TL San Domingo (?= Jamaica); ex “Tourterelle de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 487 (unident.; ?Starnoenas).
● ex "Grèbe de rivière de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tachybaptus).
● ex “Tyran de Sainte Domingue” of Brisson 1760, and “Saint Domingo Tyrant” of Latham 1781 (Tyrannus).

Forest Thrush (sanctaeluciae)
SCI Name: Turdus lherminieri sanctaeluciae
sanctaeluciae
St Lucia, West Indies  < Late L. sanctus  saint  < L. sanctus  holy  < sancire  to consecrate; Mod. L. Lucia Lucia, Lucy (named after the Christian martyr St. Lucy of Syracuse 283-304AD).
● Santa Lucia, Miranda, Venezuela (subsp. Lophotriccus pileatus).