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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, pl. 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

Geographic range:

  • Turdus plumbeus: Greater Antilles from Grand Bahama and Abaco southward to Cat Island, Cuba including Isla de la Juventud and other satellite islands, Cayman Brac (eastern Cayman Islands), and formerly also Swan Island (north of Honduras)
  • Turdus plumbeus plumbeus: northern Bahamas southward to Andros and Cat Island
  • Turdus plumbeus schistaceus: eastern Cuba (Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo provinces)
  • Turdus plumbeus rubripes: central and western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud
  • Turdus plumbeus coryi: Cayman Brac (eastern Cayman Islands)
  • Turdus plumbeus perditus: formerly Swan Islands (north of Honduras); extinct, last reported 1887
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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
Finnish:
antillienrastas
French:
Merle vantard
Croatian:
bahamski kos
Hungarian:
vöröslábú rigó
Icelandic:
Kúbuþröstur
Italian:
Tordo zamperosse
Japanese:
オジロツグミ
Lithuanian:
raudonkojis strazdas
Dutch:
Westelijke roodpootlijster
Norwegian:
rødbeintrost
Polish:
drozd karaibski
Portuguese:
sabiá-de-patas-vermelhas
Portuguese (Portugal):
tordo-de-patas-vermelhas
Russian:
Красноногий дрозд
Slovak:
drozd bielobradý
Serbian:
Olovnosivi drozd
Swedish:
kubatrast
Turkish:
Batılı Kırmızı Bacaklı Ardıç
Ukrainian:
дрізд карибський
Chinese:
红腿鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
紅腿鶇


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) [version 1]
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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Azerbaijani: Kuba qırmızıayaq qaratoyuğu
Bulgarian: Червенокрак дрозд
Catalan: merla cama-roja de les Bahames
Czech: drozd rudonohý
Danish: Rødbenet Drossel
German: Rotfußdrossel
English: Western Red-legged Thrush
English (Avilist): Western Red-legged Thrush
English, HBW: Northern/Western Red-legged Thrush
English (IOC): Red-legged Thrush (Bahamas/Cuba)
English (United States): Western Red-legged Thrush
Esperanto: ruĝkrura turdo
Spanish: Zorzal Patirrojo Occidental
Spanish (Cuba): Zorzal de Patas Coloradas
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Chua-chuá del Oeste
Spanish (Spain): Zorzal patirrojo occidental
Spanish (Honduras): Zorzal Patas Rojas Occidental
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Zorzal Cubano
Estonian: punajalg-rästas
Finnish: antillienrastas
French: Merle vantard
French (Guadeloupe): Merle vantard de l'Ouest
Croatian: bahamski kos
Haitian Creole: Kwèt-kwèt
Hungarian: vöröslábú rigó
Icelandic: Kúbuþröstur
Italian: Tordo zamperosse
Japanese: オジロツグミ
Scientific: Turdus plumbeus
Lithuanian: raudonkojis strazdas
Dutch: Westelijke roodpootlijster
Norwegian: rødbeintrost
Polish: drozd karaibski
Portuguese: sabiá-de-patas-vermelhas
Portuguese (Portugal): tordo-de-patas-vermelhas
Russian: Красноногий дрозд
Slovak: drozd bielobradý
Serbian: Olovnosivi drozd
Swedish: kubatrast
Turkish: Batılı Kırmızı Bacaklı Ardıç
Ukrainian: дрізд карибський
Chinese: 红腿鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 紅腿鶇

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