Spotted Nightingale-Thrush

Here the details of the Spotted Nightingale-Thrush named bird below:

SCI Name:  Catharus dryas
Protonym:  Malacocichla dryas Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1854) (1854), Pt22 no.277 p.285 pl.75
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Catharus
Taxonomy Code:  spnthr1
Type Locality:  Guatemala.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CATHARUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush C. aurantiirostris) Gr. καθαρος katharos  pure, clean; alluding to the immaculate brown and white plumage of the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush; "577. Catharus, Bp. (Turdus, p. Auct.) Rostrum Turdorum: pedes elongati, robusti: alae breves, rotundatae; remigum prima octavum aequante; tertia, quarta et quinta omnium longissimis: cauda brevis, rotundata.   America mer.  1.  *TURDUS immaculatus, Bp. Mus. Lugd. ex Caraccas.   Similis T. minoribus Amer. s. sed absque macularum vel suspicione. Rufo-olivaceus: subtus albus; pectore, lateribusque ardosiaceis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Catharus Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 278. Type, by monotypy, Turdus immaculatus Bonaparte = Turdus aurantiirostris Hartlaub." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 164).
Synon. Malacocichla.

dryas
Gr. myth. Dryas, tree-nymph, dryad; indicating woodland habitat or graceful appearance.
• "It is very elegant, all the parts being admirably proportioned; and the colours harmoniously arranged." (Gould 1855) (Catharus).
• "68. Dryas Hartl.  Simillima praecedenti [Alc. malimbica Shaw]" (Hartlaub, 1854) (subsp. Halcyon malimbica). 
• "Nahe Ph. tr. nesophilus (Riley), der die Gebirge des nördlichen Central-Celebes in der Umgebung des Posso-Sees bewohnt, aber durchschnittlich größer" (Stresemann 1938) (syn. Phylloscopus sarasinorum nesophilus).
• "This species is nearly allied to Rhipidura rufifrons, but differs in being much smaller" (Gould 1843) (Rhipidura).
• "From the indistinct character of the markings of the throat and abdomen, the bird from which the above description was taken would appear to be somewhat immature." (Gould 1842) (syn. Vini ultramarina).

SUBSPECIES

Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (Gould's)
SCI Name: Catharus dryas dryas/ovandensis
CATHARUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush C. aurantiirostris) Gr. καθαρος katharos  pure, clean; alluding to the immaculate brown and white plumage of the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush; "577. Catharus, Bp. (Turdus, p. Auct.) Rostrum Turdorum: pedes elongati, robusti: alae breves, rotundatae; remigum prima octavum aequante; tertia, quarta et quinta omnium longissimis: cauda brevis, rotundata.   America mer.  1.  *TURDUS immaculatus, Bp. Mus. Lugd. ex Caraccas.   Similis T. minoribus Amer. s. sed absque macularum vel suspicione. Rufo-olivaceus: subtus albus; pectore, lateribusque ardosiaceis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Catharus Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 278. Type, by monotypy, Turdus immaculatus Bonaparte = Turdus aurantiirostris Hartlaub." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 164).
Synon. Malacocichla.

Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (Sclater's)
SCI Name: Catharus dryas maculatus/blakei
CATHARUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush C. aurantiirostris) Gr. καθαρος katharos  pure, clean; alluding to the immaculate brown and white plumage of the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush; "577. Catharus, Bp. (Turdus, p. Auct.) Rostrum Turdorum: pedes elongati, robusti: alae breves, rotundatae; remigum prima octavum aequante; tertia, quarta et quinta omnium longissimis: cauda brevis, rotundata.   America mer.  1.  *TURDUS immaculatus, Bp. Mus. Lugd. ex Caraccas.   Similis T. minoribus Amer. s. sed absque macularum vel suspicione. Rufo-olivaceus: subtus albus; pectore, lateribusque ardosiaceis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Catharus Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 278. Type, by monotypy, Turdus immaculatus Bonaparte = Turdus aurantiirostris Hartlaub." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 164).
Synon. Malacocichla.