Bicknell’s Thrush / Catharus bicknelli
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Bicknell's Thrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hylocichla aliciae bicknelli Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 4 p.377
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Catharus
Taxonomy Code: bicthr
Type Locality: near the summit of Slide Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
Author: Ridgway
Publish Year: 1882
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CATHARUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush C. aurantiirostris) Gr. καθαρος katharos pure, clean; alluding to the immaculate brown and white plumage of the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush; "577. Catharus, Bp. (Turdus, p. Auct.) Rostrum Turdorum: pedes elongati, robusti: alae breves, rotundatae; remigum prima octavum aequante; tertia, quarta et quinta omnium longissimis: cauda brevis, rotundata. America mer. 1. *TURDUS immaculatus, Bp. Mus. Lugd. ex Caraccas. Similis T. minoribus Amer. s. sed absque macularum vel suspicione. Rufo-olivaceus: subtus albus; pectore, lateribusque ardosiaceis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Catharus Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 278. Type, by monotypy, Turdus immaculatus Bonaparte = Turdus aurantiirostris Hartlaub." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 164).
Synon. Malacocichla.
bicknelli
Eugene Pintard Bicknell (1859-1925) US banker, botanist, ornithologist, founder member of the AOU (Catharus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
