Red-and-black Thrush / Geokichla mendeni
WBN 
Red-and-black Thrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus (Geokichla) mendeni Bull.Br.Orn.Club 59 47
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code: rabthr1
Type Locality: Peling.
Author: Neumann
Publish Year: 1939
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
GEOKICHLA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-headed Thrush G. citrina) Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; "Vogels. ... Geo-Kichla singularis." (Macklot 1830) (nom. nud.); "Myiothera loricata, MULL., pl. V. fig. 5. Behoort tot de afdeeling der grootere soorten van vliegenjagers, bij welke de staart iets meer verlengd is, en die door geheele gedaante reeds sterk tot de lijsters (Turdi) naderen. Tusschen hen en dit laatste geslacht staat het genus: Geokichla BOIE, waarvan de Turdus citrinus LATH. de typus is." (S. Müller 1835); "Geokichla Müller, 1835, Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. Phys., 2, pl. 3, p. 348. Type, by original designation, Turdus citrinus Latham." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 144).
Synon. Cryptocichla, Geocichloides, Pseudoturdus, Turdulus.
geokichla
Gr. γεω- geō- ground- < γη gē earth; κιχλη kikhlē thrush.
mendeni
Johannes J. Menden (fl. 1939) Dutch naturalist, taxidermist, dealer, collector in the East Indies 1925-1939 (syn. Columba vitiensis halmaheira, subsp. Cyanoderma melanothorax, Geokichla, syn. Hemiprocne longipennis wallacii, syn. Napothera epilepidota diluta, Otus).
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)
