Redwing

SCI Name:  Turdus iliacus
Protonym:  Turdus iliacus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.292
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  redwin
Type Locality:  Europe [= in sylvis acerosis (Sweden), vide, 1761, Fauna Svecica, p. 79] .
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
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).

iliacus
● Late L. iliacus  of the flanks  <  L. ilia, ilium  flanks, loins  < ile, ilis  flank (subsp. Cistothorus palustris).
● Med. L. iliacus (Gaza 1476), translation of Gr. ιλιας ilias or ιλλας illas type of thrush (“There is no adjective in classical Latin from ilia = flanks” (BOU 1915); cf. L. iliacus  relating to the colic  < ileos  severe colic); "95. TURDUS.  ...  iliacus.  3. T. alis subtus flavescentibus, rectricibus tribus lateralibus apice utrinque albis.  Turdus iliacus. Raj. av. 64. n. 4. Klein. av. 66. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 4.  Turdus viscivorus maurus. Alb. av. I. p. 31. t. 33.  Habitat in Europa.  Linea nulla superciliorum alba.  Caro ob amaritiem minus accepta." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).

Iliacus
(syn. Turdus Ϯ Redwing T. iliacus) Specific name Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1766; "Le Turdus Iliacus prendrait dès lors le nom de Iliacus illas, du nom que lui imposa Gessner, ou de Iliacus minor" (des Murs 1860).

SUBSPECIES

Redwing (Icelandic)
SCI Name: Turdus iliacus coburni
coburni
Frederick Coburn (1814-1914) British taxidermist, collector in Iceland 1899 (subsp. Turdus iliacus).

Redwing (Eurasian)
SCI Name: Turdus iliacus iliacus
iliacus
● Late L. iliacus  of the flanks  <  L. ilia, ilium  flanks, loins  < ile, ilis  flank (subsp. Cistothorus palustris).
● Med. L. iliacus (Gaza 1476), translation of Gr. ιλιας ilias or ιλλας illas type of thrush (“There is no adjective in classical Latin from ilia = flanks” (BOU 1915); cf. L. iliacus  relating to the colic  < ileos  severe colic); "95. TURDUS.  ...  iliacus.  3. T. alis subtus flavescentibus, rectricibus tribus lateralibus apice utrinque albis.  Turdus iliacus. Raj. av. 64. n. 4. Klein. av. 66. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 4.  Turdus viscivorus maurus. Alb. av. I. p. 31. t. 33.  Habitat in Europa.  Linea nulla superciliorum alba.  Caro ob amaritiem minus accepta." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).