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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
Scientific: Catharus dryas
Citation: (Gould, 1855)
Reference: PZS(1854) Pt22 no.277 p.285 pl.75
Protonym: Malacocichla dryas
Avibase ID: E9E39766261C790E
Short link: https://avibase.ca/E9E39766
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559097
Geographic range:
Catharus dryas dryas : highlands of Guatemala, Honduras, and northern Nicaragua
Catharus dryas [ovandensis or harrisoni] : highlands of southern Mexico (southeastern Oaxaca and Chiapas)
Catharus maculatus [maculatus or ecuadoreanus] : Andes of Venezuela and of Colombia (except for Pacific slope) and eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; western slope of Andes in Ecuador
Catharus maculatus blakei : Andes of southern Bolivia (Tarija) and northern Argentina (Jujuy and Salta)
Source: Clements checklist
English: Gould's or Sclater's Nightingale-Thrush
Czech: drozd tečkovaný
German: Tropfenbrust-Musendrossel
Danish: Dryasskovdrossel
Spanish: Zorzalito Overo
Finnish: myssyrastas
French: Grive tavelée ou G. de Sclater
Italian: Tordo usignolo macchiato
Japanese: munafuchatsugumi
Japanese: ムナフチャツグミ
Dutch: Gevlekte Dwerglijster
Norwegian: Svarthetteskogtrost
Polish: drozdek czarnoglowy
Russian: Пятнистый соловей-дрозд
Slovak: drozd bodkovaný
Swedish: gulbröstad skogstrast
Chinese: 斑夜鸫
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Gould's or Sclater's Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus [dryas or maculatus] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Gould's or Sclater's Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus [dryas or maculatus] )
Birdlife checklist version 00: Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 01: Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 02: Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 03: Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 04: Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grive tavelée ( Catharus dryas )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Grive tavelée ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 1st edition: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 3rd edition: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 4th edition: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (as published): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements, version 2015: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements, version 2016: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements, version 2017: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Clements, version 2018: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 1.50: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 1.52: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 1.53: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 1.54: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 1.55: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 2015: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 2016: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 2017: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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eBird version 2018: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Spotted Nightingale Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Spotted Nightingale Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Spotted Nightingale Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Spotted Nightingale Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Spotted Nightingale-thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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James Lee Peters: Catharus dryas
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James Lee Peters (original): Catharus dryas
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James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Catharus dryas
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Sibley and Monroe (1993): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Spotted Nightingale-Thrush ( Catharus dryas )
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Catharus dryas
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Catharus dryas
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Taxonomic status:
Species status:
species group (sometimes a species)
Other synonyms
Catalan: griveta encaputxadaCzech: Drozd teckovaný, drozd tečkovanýDanish: DryasskovdrosselGerman: Tropfenbrust-MusendrosselEnglish: Gould's or Sclater's Nightingale-Thrush, Spotted Nightingale Thrush, Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, Spotted ThrushEnglish (IOC): Gould's/Sclater's Nightingale-ThrushSpanish: jilguero, Tordo Pinto, Tordo ruiseñor punteado, Zorzal Pechiamarillo, Zorzal Pecho Amarillo, Zorzalito overo, Zorzalito PechiamarilloSpanish (Argentine): Zorzalito overoSpanish (Bolivia): Zorzalito overoSpanish (Colombia): Zorzal PechiamarilloSpanish (Ecuador): Zorzal MoteadoSpanish (Spain): Zorzalito OveroSpanish (HBW): Spotted Nightingale-ThrushSpanish (Honduras): jilgueroSpanish (Mexico): zorzal pecho amarillo, Zorzalito PechiamarilloSpanish (Peru): Zorzal MoteadoSpanish (Venezuela): Paraulata RuiseñorEstonian: mustpea-värbrästasFinnish: MyssyrastasFrench: Grive perlée, Grive tavelée, Grive tavelée ou G. de Sclater, Grivette taveléeHungarian: pettyesmellű fülemülerigóItalian: Tordo usignolo macchiato, Tordo usignolo maculatoJapanese: kuroboshichatsugumi, munafuchatsugumiJapanese: クロボシチャツグミ, ムナフチャツグミLatin: Catharus [dryas or maculatus], Catharus dryas, Catharus dryas dryas, Malacocichla dryasLithuanian: Dėmėtasis trumpasnapis strazdasDutch: Gevlekte DwerglijsterNorwegian Nynorsk: SvarthetteskogtrastNorwegian: SvarthetteskogtrostPolish: drozdek czarnoglowy, drozdek czarnogłowyRussian: Пятнистый короткоклювый дрозд, Пятнистый соловей-дроздSlovak: drozd bodkovanýSerbian: Pegavi slavujasti drozdićSwedish: Gulbröstad skogstrastUkrainian: Дрізд-короткодзьоб строкатогрудийChinese: 斑夜鸫Chinese (Traditional): 點斑夜鶇