Black-hooded Thrush

SCI Name:  Turdus olivater
Protonym:  Merula olivatra Rev.Zool. 11 p.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  blhthr1
Type Locality:  Caracas, Venezuela.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1848
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TURDUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Mistle Thrush T. viscivorus) L. turdus  thrush; "95. TURDUS.  Rostrum tereti-cultratum, maxilla superiore apice deflexo.  Nares nudæ, superne membranula semitectæ.  Lingua lacero-emarginata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Turdus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 168. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 27), Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 177). Linnaeus's Turdus comprised sixteen species (T. viscivorus, T. pilaris, T. iliacus, T. musicus, T. Canorus, T. rufus, T. polyglottos, T. Orpheus, T. plumbeus, T. crinitus, T. roseus, T. Merula, T. torquatus, T. solitarius, T. arundinaceus, T. virens).   
Var. Turus, Trudus, Turtus, Curdus.     
Synon. Afrocichla, Arceuthornis, Cichlherminia, Cichloides, Cichloselys, Copsichus, Copsicus, Cossyphopsis, Galeoscoptes, Haplocichla, Hodoiporus, Iliacus, Ixocossyphus, Lamprophonus, Melizocincla, Meridiocichla, Merula, Merulissima, Mimocichla, Mimokitta, Nesocichla, Peliocichla, Petrocincla, Planesticus, Platycichla, Semimerula, Thoracocincla, Turdela, Turdicus.

turdus
L. turdus  thrush.
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 < French Grive thrush (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys).
● "89. Loxia Turdus F.  ...  Habitat in insula australi Novae Zeeelandiae, simillima Turdo, statura, colore, pedibus.  Corpus magnitudine Turdi viscivori, supra fuscum." (Forster 1844) (syn. Turnagra capensis).

olivater / olivatra
L. oliva  olive; ater  black.

SUBSPECIES

Black-hooded Thrush (sanctaemartae)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater sanctaemartae
sanctaemartae / sanctaemarthae / santaemarthae
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia  < Late L. sanctus  saint  < L. sanctus  holy  < sancire  to consecrate; Mod. L. Marta  Marta, Martha.

Black-hooded Thrush (olivater)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater olivater
olivater / olivatra
L. oliva  olive; ater  black.

Black-hooded Thrush (caucae)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater caucae
caucae
Cauca, Colombia.

Black-hooded Thrush (paraquensis)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater paraquensis
paraquensis
Cerro Paraque, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Black-hooded Thrush (kemptoni)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater kemptoni
kemptoni
Dr James A. H. Kempton (1891-1970) US zoologist in Venezuela 1942-1958 (subsp. Turdus olivater).

Black-hooded Thrush (duidae)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Black-hooded Thrush (roraimae)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater roraimae
roraima / roraimae
Mt. Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana (= Guyana)/ Venezuela.

Black-hooded Thrush (ptaritepui)
SCI Name: Turdus olivater ptaritepui
ptaritepui
Cerro Ptari-tepuí, Bolívar, Venezuela.