Turdus plumbeus (Western Red-legged Thrush)

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Western Red-legged Thrush

Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, C 1758

The red-legged thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Native to the Caribbean, it is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. It formerly occurred on the Swan Islands, Honduras, but was extirpated there. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.169

Protonym:
Turdus plumbeus

Type locality:
America [= Islands of Andros and Ilathera (Bahamas), in Catesby, 1731, Nat. Hist, Carolina, Florida, Bahama Islands, 1, p. 30, pi. 30].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/188/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
641D7EB25714C357

Avibase ID:
avibase-641D7EB2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/641D7EB2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179770

English:
Western Red-legged Thrush
Azerbaijani:
Kuba qırmızıayaq qaratoyuğu
Bulgarian:
Червенокрак дрозд
Catalan:
merla cama-roja de les Bahames
Czech:
drozd rudonohý
Danish:
Rødbenet Drossel
German:
Rotfußdrossel
Esperanto:
ruĝkrura turdo
Spanish:
Zorzal Patirrojo Occidental
Spanish (Spain):
Zorzal patirrojo occidental
Estonian:
punajalg-rästas
French:
Merle vantard
Croatian:
bahamski kos
Icelandic:
Kúbuþröstur
Dutch:
Westelijke roodpootlijster
Norwegian:
rødbeintrost
Polish:
drozd karaibski
Slovak:
drozd bielobradý
Serbian:
Olovnosivi drozd
Swedish:
kubatrast
Turkish:
Batılı Kırmızı Bacaklı Ardıç

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus)
Avilist 2025: Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Western Red-legged Thrush ( Turdus plumbeus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Turdus [plumbeus or ardosiaceus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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