Chestnut-backed Thrush
Chestnut-backed Thrush
Here the details of the Chestnut-backed Thrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Geocichla dohertyi Novit.Zool. 3 p.555 pl.11 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: chbthr1
Type Locality: Lombok (type) and Sumbawa.
Author: Hartert, E
Publish Year: 1896
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
dohertyi
William Doherty (1857-1901) US traveller, explorer, entomologist, ornithologist, collector in India, Burma, Malaysia, the East Indies, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Kenya (syn. Dicrurus hottentottus guillemardi, Edolisoma, Erythropitta, Geokichla, subsp. Gerygone chrysogaster, Heleia, subsp. Loriculus philippensis, syn. Malurus cyanocephalus, syn. Mirafra africana athi, syn. Nigrita canicapillus diabolicus, subsp. Pitohui kirhocephalus, Ptilinopus, syn. Riparia paludicola ducis, syn. Tchagra australis emini, Telophorus).
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)