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Catharus mexicanus  (Bonaparte, 1856)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 559101

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Malacocychla mexicana Bonaparte, 1856
  
    Catharus fumosus Ridgway, 1888
  
  Common Name(s): Zorzal corona negra [Spanish]
  
    Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush [English]
  
    Grive à tête noire [French]
  
    tordo-de-barrete-preto [Portuguese]
  
    tordo-de-cabeça-preta [Portuguese]
  
    Zorzalito cabecinegro [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyTurdidae Rafinesque, 1815 – thrushes  
                               GenusCatharus Bonaparte, 1850  
                                  SpeciesCatharus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856) – Zorzal corona negra, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush, Grive à tête noire, tordo-de-barrete-preto, tordo-de-cabeça-preta, Zorzalito cabecinegro  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesCatharus mexicanus cantator Griscom, 1930  
                                     SubspeciesCatharus mexicanus carrikeri A. R. Phillips, 1991  
                                     SubspeciesCatharus mexicanus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856)  
                                     SubspeciesCatharus mexicanus yaegeri A. R. Phillips, 1991  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Catharus mexicanus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Catharus mexicanus, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Catharus mexicanus, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Catharus mexicanus, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Howell, Steve N. G., Ian Lewington, and Will Russell   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rare Birds of North America   
  Page(s): xviii + 428   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780691117966   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Catharus mexicanus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Incidental  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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