White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 10, 2015
Text last updated January 10, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белоок дрозд |
| Catalan | merla de Jamaica |
| Croatian | kestenjastoglavi kos |
| Dutch | Witooglijster |
| English | White-eyed Thrush |
| English (AVI) | White-eyed Thrush |
| English (United States) | White-eyed Thrush |
| Estonian | pruunpea-rästas |
| Finnish | jamaikanlaulurastas |
| French | Merle aux yeux blancs |
| French (Canada) | Merle aux yeux blancs |
| German | Weißaugendrossel |
| Japanese | メジロムジツグミ |
| Norwegian | hvitøyetrost |
| Polish | drozd białooki |
| Russian | Белоглазый дрозд |
| Serbian | Jamajkanski šareni kos |
| Slovak | drozd jamajský |
| Spanish | Zorzal Jamaicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zorzal jamaicano |
| Swedish | vitögd trast |
| Turkish | Ak Gözlü Ardıç |
| Ukrainian | Дрізд білоокий |
Turdus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789
PROTONYM:
[Turdus] jamaicensis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.809.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Jamaica.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- jamaica / jamaicae / jamaicana / jamaicensis
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)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
The White-eyed Thrush is a common and distinctive thrush of montane and lowland forests and disturbed areas on the island of Jamaica. The body is gray overall, with darker upperparts than underparts. The head is chocolate brown, and the throat has white streaks on a brown background, bordered below by a white patch. The eye is white.
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-eyed Thrush
