Pale-breasted Thrush

SCI Name:  Turdus leucomelas
Protonym:  Turdus leucomelas Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 20 p.238
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  pabthr1
Type Locality:  Paraguay.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
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).

leucomelas
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black (cf. λευκομελας leukomelas  grey).
● ex “Pic du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 345, fig. 1, and “Épeiche du Canada” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Dendrocopos villosus).
● ex “Harle à manteau noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Mergus serrator).
● ex “Esparvero negriblanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 28 (syn. Micrastur semitorquatus).
● ex “Barbu du Cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, and “Barbu à plastron nor” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (Tricholaema).
● ex “Zorzal obscuro y blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 80 (Turdus).

SUBSPECIES

Pale-breasted Thrush (albiventer)
SCI Name: Turdus leucomelas albiventer
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus  white; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).

Pale-breasted Thrush (cautor)
SCI Name: Turdus leucomelas cautor
cautor
L. cautor, cautoris  one who is wary  < cavere  to beware.

Pale-breasted Thrush (leucomelas)
SCI Name: Turdus leucomelas leucomelas
leucomelas
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black (cf. λευκομελας leukomelas  grey).
● ex “Pic du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 345, fig. 1, and “Épeiche du Canada” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Dendrocopos villosus).
● ex “Harle à manteau noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Mergus serrator).
● ex “Esparvero negriblanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 28 (syn. Micrastur semitorquatus).
● ex “Barbu du Cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, and “Barbu à plastron nor” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (Tricholaema).
● ex “Zorzal obscuro y blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 80 (Turdus).