Pale-vented Thrush

SCI Name:  Turdus obsoletus
Protonym:  Turdus obsoletus Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.470
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  pavthr1
Type Locality:  Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama, Panama Rail Road.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1862
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

obsoleta / obsoletum / obsoletus
L. obsoletus  plain, worn out, forgotten  < obsolescere  to wear out.
● ex “Plain Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Falco rusticolus).

SUBSPECIES

Pale-vented Thrush (obsoletus)
SCI Name: Turdus obsoletus obsoletus
obsoleta / obsoletum / obsoletus
L. obsoletus  plain, worn out, forgotten  < obsolescere  to wear out.
● ex “Plain Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Falco rusticolus).

Pale-vented Thrush (parambanus)
SCI Name: Turdus obsoletus parambanus
parambae / parambana / parambanus
Paramba, Imbabura/Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
● Hacienda Paramba, Imbabura, Ecuador (subsp. Myiopagis caniceps).

Pale-vented Thrush (colombianus)
SCI Name: Turdus obsoletus colombianus
colombiana / colombianum / colombianus / colombica
Colombia.