Red-legged Thrush / Turdus plumbeus
Red-legged Thrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus plumbeus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.169
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code: relthr1
Type Locality: America [= Islands of Andros and Ilathera (Bahamas), in Catesby, 1731, Nat. Hist, Carolina, Florida, Bahama Islands, 1, p. 30, pi. 30].
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status:
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).
plumbeum / plumbeus
L. plumbeus plumbeous, lead-coloured < plumbum lead.
● ex “Brown-fronted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eupsittula pertinax).
● "95. TURDUS. ... plumbeus. 9. S. cærulescens, gula atra. Turdus viscivorus plumbeus. Catesb. car. I. p. 30. t. 30. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).
SUBSPECIES
Red-legged Thrush (plumbeus/schistaceus)
SCI Name: Turdus plumbeus plumbeus/schistaceus
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.
Red-legged Thrush (rubripes/coryi)
SCI Name: Turdus plumbeus rubripes/coryi
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.
Red-legged Thrush (ardosiaceus/albiventris)
SCI Name: Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus/albiventris
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.
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)