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New Caledonian Island Thrush

Turdus xanthopusForster, JR, 1844

English (US) New Caledonian Island Thrush

The New Caledonian Island Thrush (Turdus xanthopus) 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: New Caledonia and satellites (possibly extinct except for Yandé, northwest of Grande Terre)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Turdus xanthopus
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
English (US)
New Caledonian Island Thrush
Described by
Forster, JR, 1844

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Forster, JR, 1844
Type locality
New Caledonia.
Original description
Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto, collegit, observavit et delineavit (etc.) p.266

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 194 species of the family Turdidae