Turdus poliocephalus (Tasman Sea Island Thrush)

Avibase
Avibase home About Avibase Mastodon Birding webcams Compare taxonomies Avibase Flickr Group Bird of the day archives Downloads Avibase citations Birdlinks Trip reports
myAvibase

MyAvibase allows you to create and manage your own lifelists, and produce useful reports to help you plan your next birding excursion.
myAvibase Home Manage lifelists Manage observations myAvibase reports
Checklists

There are more than 20,000 regional checklists in Avibase, offered in 9 different taxonomies, including synonyms more than 175 languages. Each checklist can be viewed with photos shared by the birding community, and also printed as PDF checklists for field use.
Avibase checklists Compare Regions
Search
Avibase search Browse by families Browse by authors Browse by publications Avibase Taxonomic Concepts
Contribute

There are a few ways by which you can help the development of this page, such as joining the Flickr group for photos or providing translations of the site in addition languages.
Contribute to Avibase Acknowledgements Flickr group Media stats Flickr group members Media wanted Contribute a better translation
English
Change language

Tasman Sea Island Thrush

Turdus poliocephalus Latham, J 1801

(0 votes)

Photo powered by flickr.com.

Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Latham, J 1801

Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Protonym:
Turdus poliocephalus

Type locality:
Norfolk Island.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/50/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
DD347DC6CF8DEC75

Avibase ID:
avibase-DD347DC6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DD347DC6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563606

English:
Tasman Sea Island Thrush
Bulgarian:
Норфолкски дрозд
Catalan:
merla insular
Czech:
drozd indopacifický
Danish:
Ødrossel
German:
Südseedrossel
Esperanto:
tasmanimara turdo
Spanish:
Zorzal insular
Spanish (Spain):
Mirlo insular
Estonian:
lõunarästas
Finnish:
tyynenmerenrastas
French:
Merle de Norfolk
Croatian:
otočni kos
Hungarian:
szigeti rigó
Indonesian:
Anis gunung
Italian:
Tordo insulare
Japanese:
ハイガシラツグミ
Lithuanian:
kalninis strazdas
Dutch:
Eilandmerel
Norwegian:
øytrost
Polish:
drozd wyspowy
Portuguese:
tordo-insular
Portuguese (Portugal):
tordo-insular
Russian:
Изменчивый дрозд
Slovak:
drozd ostrovný
Serbian:
Pacifički ostrvski drozd
Swedish:
ötrast
Turkish:
Ada Ardıcı
Ukrainian:
дрізд мінливоперий
Chinese:
塔岛鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
白頭鶇〔島鶇〕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

Your sightings

You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms