African Thrush
Turdus peliosBonaparte, CLJL, 1850
English (US) African Thrush
The African Thrush (Turdus pelios) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Turdus pelios
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Thrush
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Turdus pelios chiguancoides
- Turdus pelios saturatus
- Turdus pelios nigrilorum
- Turdus pelios poensis
- Turdus pelios pelios
- Turdus pelios bocagei
- Turdus pelios centralis
- Turdus pelios graueri
- Turdus pelios stormsi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
- Type locality
- ex Asia centrali [= Fazoglu (Fazughli, Sudan), vide Rensch, 1923, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 99].
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.273
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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