Rusty-backed Thrush

SCI Name:  Geokichla erythronota
Protonym:  Geocichla erythronota Ibis p.113
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code:  rubthr2
Type Locality:  Macassar.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1859
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.

erythronota / erythronothon / erythronotos / erythronotum / erythronotus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.
● ex “Grimpereau à dos rouge de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Dicaeum cruentatum).
● ex “Bengal Woodpecker, var. A” of Latham 1782 (subsp. Dinopium benghalense).
● ex “Astrild à moustaches noires” of Vieillot 1805 (Estrilda).
● ex “Barbion à Dos Rouge” of Levaillant 1806 (syn. Pogoniulus atroflavus).

Erythronota
(Trochilidae; syn. Amazilia † Copper-rumped Hummingbird A. tobaci erythronotos) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back (cf. specific name Ornismya erythronotos Lesson, 1829); "ERYTHRONOTA ANTIQUA. Erythronote.  Ornismya erythronota, Less. Hist. Nat. des Ois.-Mou., p. 181, pl. 61.  ...  ARE we to regard the several birds generally known under the name of Erythronotes as one or as many species?  ...  Forehead yellowish shining green; crown and nape, back, wing- and tail-coverts coppery red   ...   ERYTHRONOTA FELICIÆ.  Felicia's Erythronote.  Ornismya Feliciæ, Less. in Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 72.   ...   ERYTHRONOTA EDWARDI.  Wilson's Erythronote.  Trochilus Edward, De Latt. et Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 308.   ...   ERYTHRONOTA NIVEIVENTRIS, Gould.  White-breasted Erythronote.  Trochilus (—  ?) niveoventer, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part xviii. p. 164.   ...   ERYTHRONOTA? ELEGANS, Gould.  Elegant Erythronote.  Erythronota? elegans, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part xxviii. p. 307.   ...   ERYTHRONOTA SAUCEROTTEI.  Saucerotte's Erythronote.  Trochilus Saucerottei, Bourc. et Delatt. Rev. Zool., 1846, p. 311.   ...   ERYTHRONOTA SOPHIÆ.  Sophia's Erythronote.  Trochilus Sophiæ, Bourc. Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, 1846, p. 318." (Gould 1861); "Erythronota Gould, 1861, Monog. Trochilidae, V, pl. 316 and text.  Type, by tautonymy and subsequent designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 216), Ornismya erythronotos Lesson, 1829." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Eryithronota.

SUBSPECIES

Rusty-backed Thrush (erythronota)
SCI Name: Geokichla erythronota erythronota
erythronota / erythronothon / erythronotos / erythronotum / erythronotus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.
● ex “Grimpereau à dos rouge de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Dicaeum cruentatum).
● ex “Bengal Woodpecker, var. A” of Latham 1782 (subsp. Dinopium benghalense).
● ex “Astrild à moustaches noires” of Vieillot 1805 (Estrilda).
● ex “Barbion à Dos Rouge” of Levaillant 1806 (syn. Pogoniulus atroflavus).

Rusty-backed Thrush (kabaena)
SCI Name: Geokichla erythronota kabaena
kabaena
Kabaena I., Flores Sea, Indonesia.