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Turdus poliocephalus  Latham, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 563606

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Island Thrush [English]
  
    Tasman Sea Island Thrush [English]
  
    Merle de Norfolk [French]
  
    tordo-insular-do-mar-de-tasman [Portuguese]
  
    tordo-insular [Portuguese]
  
    Zorzal insular [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  
                               GenusTurdus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesTurdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801 – Island Thrush, Tasman Sea Island Thrush, Merle de Norfolk, tordo-insular-do-mar-de-tasman, tordo-insular, Zorzal insular  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus Latham, 1801 – grey-headed blackbird 
                                     Subspecies Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus (Gould, 1855)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Turdus poliocephalus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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: Turdus poliocephalus, Tasman Sea Island 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: Turdus poliocephalus, Island Thrush [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Latham, John  
  Publication Date: 1801   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Supplementum Indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiae   
  Page(s): lxxiv   
  Publisher: G. Leigh, J. et S. Sotheby   
  Publication Place: Londini   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62070087   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mayr, Ernst, and Raymond A. Paytner, Jr., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1964   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 10   
  Page(s): 502   
  Publisher: Museum of Comparative Zoology   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Turdus poliocephalus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Extinct  
 

 

    

 
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