Biology:Ethiopian thrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Ethiopian thrush
Ethiopian thrush.jpg
In Gondar, Ethiopia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. simensis
Binomial name
Turdus simensis
(Rüppell, 1837)

The Ethiopian thrush (Turdus simensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

The Ethiopian thrush was formally described in 1837 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell from a specimen collected in northern Ethiopia. He used the scientific name Merula (Turdus) simensis.[1][2] The specific epithet is from the type locality, the Simien Mountains.[3]

This thrush has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa).[4][5]

References

  1. Rüppell, Eduard (1835) (in German). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber. p. 81, Plate 29, Fig. 1.  The volume is dated 1835 on the title page but it was published in sections and the section containing page 81 was published in 1837. See: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267763194. 
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 185. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486374. 
  3. Jobling, James A.. "simensis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=simensis. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2023). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/. 
  5. Kirwan, R.B.; Collar, N.; del Hoyo, J.; Boesman, P.F.D. (2022). Keeney, B.K.. ed. "Ethiopian Thrush (Turdus simensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World (Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology). doi:10.2173/bow.grothr2.01. 

Wikidata ☰ Q27631025 entry