Ethiopian Thrush
Turdus simensis(RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
English (US) Ethiopian Thrush
The Ethiopian Thrush (Turdus simensis) 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.
Range: highlands of Eritrea and EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turdus simensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ethiopian Thrush
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merula (Turdus) simensis
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1837)
- Type locality
- Angetkat, northern Abyssinia.
- Original description
- Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel p.81, pl. 29, fig. 1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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