Fiji Island Thrush
Turdus ruficeps(Ramsay, EP, 1875)
English (US) Fiji Island Thrush
The Fiji Island Thrush (Turdus ruficeps) 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 ruficeps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Fiji Island Thrush
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1875)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Turdus ruficeps layardi
- Turdus ruficeps ruficeps
- Turdus ruficeps vitiensis
- Turdus ruficeps hades
- Turdus ruficeps tempesti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Merula ruficeps
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1875)
- Type locality
- Fiji Islands [= Kandavu, vide Seebohm, 1881, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 5, p. 256].
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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