African Thrush Turdus pelios Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (10)
Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 9, 2015
Text last updated January 9, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Африкански дрозд |
| Catalan | merla africana |
| Croatian | afrički kos |
| Dutch | Pelioslijster |
| English | African Thrush |
| English (AVI) | African Thrush |
| English (United States) | African Thrush |
| Estonian | kaldarästas |
| Finnish | afrikanlaulurastas |
| French | Merle africain |
| French (Canada) | Merle africain |
| German | Afrikadrossel |
| Japanese | アフリカツグミ |
| Norwegian | landsbytrost |
| Polish | drozd żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Tordo-africano |
| Russian | Африканский дрозд |
| Serbian | Afrički drozd |
| Slovak | drozd spevavý |
| Spanish | Zorzal Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zorzal africano |
| Swedish | aftontrast |
| Turkish | Afrika Ardıcı |
| Ukrainian | Дрізд африканський |
Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850
PROTONYM:
Turdus pelios
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.273.
TYPE LOCALITY:
ex Asia centrali [= Fazoglu (Fazughli, Sudan), vide Rensch, 1923, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 99].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)
African Thrush (African) Turdus pelios [pelios Group]
Available illustrations of subspecies in this group
Distribution
Senegal E to S Burkina Faso, extreme SW Niger and N Ghana.
Turdus pelios chiguancoides Seebohm, 1881
PROTONYM:
Turdus chiguancoides
Seebohm, 1881. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 22, p. 187, p. 231.
TYPE LOCALITY:
plains of the Gambia River.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- chiguancoides
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
W Ghana E to C Cameroon, W Congo and Gabon.
Turdus pelios saturatus (Cabanis, 1882)
PROTONYM:
P.(eliocichla) saturata
Cabanis, 1882. Journal für Ornithologie 30. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 10. Band, III. Heft, No. 159, p. 320.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Camerun and Chinchoxo [= Duala, vide Rensch, 1923, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 97].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- saturatum / saturatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
eastern Cameroon to southern Chad, southern Sudan, South Sudan (except extreme south), Eritrea, and northern and central Ethiopia
Turdus pelios pelios Bonaparte, 1850
PROTONYM:
Turdus pelios
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.273.
TYPE LOCALITY:
ex Asia centrali [= Fazoglu (Fazughli, Sudan), vide Rensch, 1923, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 99].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
N Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau)
Turdus pelios adamauae Grote, 1922
PROTONYM:
Turdus libonyanus adamauae
Grote, 1922. Journal für Ornithologie 70, p. 404.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Badda (Adamawa, North Kamerun).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- adamauae
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
E Congo and S Central African Republic E to S Ethiopia, W Kenya and NW Tanzania.
Turdus pelios centralis Reichenow, 1905
PROTONYM:
Turdus pelios centralis
Reichenow, 1905. Die Vögel Afrikas 3, p. 690.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wadelai on Bahr el Jebel, vide Chapin, 1953, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75A, p. 587.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- centralis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
W DRCongo and NW and W Angola.
Turdus pelios bocagei (Cabanis, 1882)
PROTONYM:
P.(eliocichla) Bocagei
Cabanis, 1882. Journal für Ornithologie 30. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 10. Band, III. Heft, No. 159, p. 320.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Angola.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- bocagei
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)
African Thrush (Black-lored) Turdus pelios nigrilorum/poensis
Available illustrations of subspecies in this group
Distribution
Mt Cameroon (Cameroon).
Turdus pelios nigrilorum Reichenow, 1892
PROTONYM:
Turdus nigrilorum
Reichenow, 1892. Journal für Ornithologie 40. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 20. Band, II. Heft, No. 198, p. 194.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Buea, Cameroon Mountain.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- nigrilora / nigrilore / nigriloris / nigrilorum
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Turdus pelios poensis Alexander, 1903
PROTONYM:
Turdus poensis
Alexander, 1903. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13, p.37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bakaki.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- poense / poensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)
African Thrush (Orange-bellied) Turdus pelios stormsi/graueri
Available illustrations of subspecies in this group
Distribution
E DRCongo, Burundi, Rwanda and W Tanzania.
Turdus pelios graueri Neumann, 1908
PROTONYM:
Turdus graueri
Neumann, 1908. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 21, p.56.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nsasa, southeastern Ruanda.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- graueri
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
SE DRCongo, E Angola and N Zambia.
Turdus pelios stormsi Hartlaub, 1886
PROTONYM:
Turdus stormsi
Hartlaub, 1886. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 4, p. 143, pl. 3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mpala (on west shore of Lake Tanganyika).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- pelios
- stormsi
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
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