Fiji island-thrush
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. ruficeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Turdus ruficeps (Ramsay, 1875)
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Fiji island-thrush (Turdus ruficeps) is a species of passerine in the thrush family Turdidae that is endemic to Fiji. It was formerly considered a subspecies of island thrush, but in 2024 the island thrush was split into 17 separate species by the IOC and Clements Checklist based on morphological and phylogenetics differences.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Fiji island-thrush was formally described in 1875 by the Australian zoologist Edward Pierson Ramsay in the The Sydney Morning Herald under the binomial name Merula ruficeps.[1][2] The following year Ramsay republished his description in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[3] The type locality is the Fijian island of Kadavu.[4][5] The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" with -ceps meaning "headed".[6] The Fiji island-thrush with its subspecies were formerly considered to be part of the island thrush complex. Based on morphological differences and a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023, the island thrush was split into 17 species.[7][8][9]
Five subspecies are recognised:[8]
- T. r. ruficeps (Ramsay, 1875) - Found on Kadavu Island
- T. r. layardi (Seebohm, 1891) - Found on Viti Levu, Ovalau, Yasawa, and Koro
- T. r. vitiensis (Layard, 1876) - Found on Vanua Levu
- T. r. hades Mayr, 1941 - Found on Gau
- T. r. tempesti Layard, 1876 - Found of Taveuni
References
[edit]- ^ Ramsay, Edward Pierson (8 December 1875). "Characters of a new genus and species". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 9.
- ^ McAllen, I.A.W. (2006). "Fijian birds described in newspapers". Notornis. 53 (2): 254–257.
- ^ Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1877). "Description of a new species of blackbird". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1 (published 1876): 43.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 198.
- ^ Seebohm, Henry (1881). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae: Part II. Containing the family Turdidae (Warblers and Thrushes). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 5. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 256–256.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "ruficeps". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Reeve, A.H.; Gower, G.; Pujolar, J.M.; Smith, B.T.; Petersen, B.; Olsson, U.; Haryoko, T.; Koane, B.; Maiah, G.; Blom, M.P.K.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Racimo, F.; Jønsson, K.A. (2023). "Population genomics of the island thrush elucidates one of earth's great archipelagic radiations". Evolution Letters. 7 (1): 24–36. doi:10.1093/evlett/qrac006.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Clements, J.F.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Spencer, A.; Billerman, S.M.; Sullivan, B.L.; Smith, M.; Wood, C.L. (2024). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2024". Retrieved 1 November 2024.
External links
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Data related to Turdus ruficeps at Wikispecies
