Orange Ground-Thrush
Orange Ground-Thrush
Here the details of the Orange Ground-Thrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus gurneyi Ibis p.350 pl.9
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: orgthr1
Type Locality: near Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
gurneyi
John Henry Gurney, Sr. (1819-1890) English banker, MP, ornithologist specialising in raptors, founder member of BOU (syn. Accipiter brevipes, syn. Anaplectes rubriceps, Aquila, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, Geokichla, Hydrornis, Mimizuku, syn. Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis, syn. Podiceps nigricollis, Promerops).
SUBSPECIES
Orange Ground-Thrush (otomitra)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi otomitra
otomitra
Gr. ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear; μιτρα mitra head-band.
Orange Ground-Thrush (chuka)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi chuka
chuka
Chuka, Mt. Kenya, Kenya.
Orange Ground-Thrush (raineyi)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi raineyi
raineyi
Paul James Rainey (1877-1923) US business magnate, philanthropist, big-game hunter, pioneer photographer, explorer in tropical Africa (syn. Cinnyris mariquensis suahelicus, subsp. Geokichla gurneyi).
Orange Ground-Thrush (disruptans)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi disruptans
disruptans
Mod. L. disruptans, disruptantis breaking, disrupting < L. disruptus disrupted, shattered < disrumpere to shatter.
• "The striking Orange Thrush Turdus gurneyi Hartlaub is an inhabitant of the moister parts of pristine forests, ranging from the coastal districts of Pondoland northwards to Mt. Kenya in Kenya Colony. Inhabiting as it does isolated forest islands throughout most of its range, it is subject to considerable geographical variation ... It is clearly evident that the populations of the northern Transvaal and eastern Southern Rhodesian highland forests represent a distinct innominate race, which is formally described as T. g. disruptans mihi below. ... 2. Turdus gurneyi disruptans, subsp. nov." (Clancey 1955) (subsp. Geokichla gurneyi).
Orange Ground-Thrush (gurneyi)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi gurneyi
gurneyi
John Henry Gurney, Sr. (1819-1890) English banker, MP, ornithologist specialising in raptors, founder member of BOU (syn. Accipiter brevipes, syn. Anaplectes rubriceps, Aquila, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, Geokichla, Hydrornis, Mimizuku, syn. Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis, syn. Podiceps nigricollis, Promerops).
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)