Spotted Ground-Thrush
Spotted Ground-Thrush
Here the details of the Spotted Ground-Thrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus guttatus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.8 p.92
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: spgthr1
Type Locality: Algoa Bay, Africa [= Durb''an, Natal, apud Smith, 1839, 111. Zool. South Africa, Aves, 2 (8), pi. 39].
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
guttata
L. guttatus spotted, speckled < gutta drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).
SUBSPECIES
Spotted Ground-Thrush (Lotti)
SCI Name: Geokichla guttata maxis
maxis
Max Nikolaus (fl. 1982) son of German ornithologist and collector Gerhard Nikolaus (subsp. Geokichla guttata).
Spotted Ground-Thrush (Upemba)
SCI Name: Geokichla guttata lippensi
lippensi
Léon Comte Lippens (1911-1986) Belgian politician, businessman, conservationist, game-warden in Congo, founder of Zwin Nature Reserve, Knokke (subsp. Geokichla guttata).
Spotted Ground-Thrush (Spotted)
SCI Name: Geokichla guttata [guttata Group]
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.
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)