Pied Thrush
Pied Thrush
Here the details of the Pied Thrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: T.(urdus) Wardii J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 11 p.882
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: piethr1
Type Locality: Mysore.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1843
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.
wardi / wardii
• Charles Willis Ward (1856-1920) US businessman, horticulturalist, conservationist, collector (syn. Ardea herodias).
• Capt. Francis Kingdon Ward (1885-1958) British Army, botanist, explorer, collector, author (syn. Actinodura waldeni saturatior, Harpactes).
• Samuel Neville Ward (1813-1897) British colonial administrator in India 1832-1863 (Geokichla).
• Christopher Ward (1836-1900) English entomologist, sponsor of expedition to Madagascar (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (Pseudobias).
• Swinburne Ward (1830-1877) British civil commissioner in the Seychelles 1862-1868 (‡Psittacula).
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)