Avibase: Turdus ruficeps (Fiji Island Thrush)

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Fiji Island Thrush

Turdus ruficeps (Ramsay, EP 1875)

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Turdidae
Genus:
   Turdus
Scientific:
  Turdus ruficeps

Original description

Citation:
(Ramsay, EP 1875)

Reference:
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales ser.1, vol.1, pt.1 p.43

Protonym:
Merula ruficeps

Type locality:
Fiji Islands [= Kandavu, vide Seebohm, 1881, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 5, p. 256].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22887#page/83/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
14BDF7A6F18850ED

Avibase ID:
avibase-14BDF7A6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/14BDF7A6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 919432

English:
Fiji Island Thrush
Bulgarian:
Фиджийски дрозд
Czech:
drozd fidžijský
Danish:
Fijiødrossel
Esperanto:
fiĝia turdo
Spanish:
Mirlo de Fiyi
Spanish (Spain):
Mirlo de Fiyi
French:
Merle des Fidji
Japanese:
フィジーハイガシラツグミ
Dutch:
Fijimerel
Norwegian:
rødhodeøytrost
Polish:
drozd fidżyjski
Portuguese:
tordo-insular-das-fiji
Slovak:
drozd fidžijský
Serbian:
Fidžijski ostrvski drozd
Swedish:
fijitrast
Turkish:
Fiji Ada Ardıcı
Chinese:
斐济岛鸫

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Fiji Island-Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Fiji Island-Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Fiji Island-Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Fiji Island-Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Fiji Island-Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Fiji Island Thrush ( Turdus ruficeps) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Turdus poliocephalus [sensu lato, excl. niveiceps] (sensu lato) by some authors

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