Turdus papuensis (Papuan Island Thrush)

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Papuan Island Thrush

Turdus papuensis (De Vis, CW 1890)

Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(De Vis, CW 1890)

Reference:
Annual Rep. Brit. New Guinea 1888-1889, Append.

Protonym:
Merula papuensis

Type locality:
Mount Victoria, southeastern New Guinea [reference not verified] .

Link:
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1890No21.pdf#page=60

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8CEAFB6EB0E9BB20

Avibase ID:
avibase-8CEAFB6E

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8CEAFB6E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 919427

English:
Papuan Island Thrush
Danish:
Ny Guinea-ødrossel
French:
Merle de Nouvelle-Guinée
Dutch:
Papoeamerel
Norwegian:
papuaøytrost
Portuguese:
tordo-insular-papua
Slovak:
drozd papuánsky
Swedish:
papuatrast
Chinese:
巴布亚岛鸫

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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