Turdus Aurantius Bird

English Name:  White-chinned Thrush
Latin Name:  Turdus aurantius
Protonym:  [Turdus] aurantius Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.832
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Taxonomy Code:  whcthr1
Type Locality:  'in Jamaicae montibus.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TURDUS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Mistle Thrush T. viscivorus) L. turdus  thrush; "95. TURDUS.  Rostrum tereti-cultratum, maxilla superiore apice deflexo.  Nares nudæ, superne membranula semitectæ.  Lingua lacero-emarginata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Turdus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 168. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 27), Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 177). Linnaeus's Turdus comprised sixteen species (T. viscivorus, T. pilaris, T. iliacus, T. musicus, T. Canorus, T. rufus, T. polyglottos, T. Orpheus, T. plumbeus, T. crinitus, T. roseus, T. Merula, T. torquatus, T. solitarius, T. arundinaceus, T. virens).   
Var. Turus, Trudus, Turtus, Curdus.     
Synon. Afrocichla, Arceuthornis, Cichlherminia, Cichloides, Cichloselys, Copsichus, Copsicus, Cossyphopsis, Galeoscoptes, Haplocichla, Hodoiporus, Iliacus, Ixocossyphus, Lamprophonus, Melizocincla, Meridiocichla, Merula, Merulissima, Mimocichla, Mimokitta, Nesocichla, Peliocichla, Petrocincla, Planesticus, Platycichla, Semimerula, Thoracocincla, Turdela, Turdicus.

turdus
L. turdus  thrush.
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 < French Grive thrush (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys).
● "89. Loxia Turdus F.  ...  Habitat in insula australi Novae Zeeelandiae, simillima Turdo, statura, colore, pedibus.  Corpus magnitudine Turdi viscivori, supra fuscum." (Forster 1844) (syn. Turnagra capensis).

aurantium / aurantius
Late Med. L. aurantius  orange-coloured  < aurantia  orange.
● ex “Pic vert des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1655-1781, pl. 691 (syn. Chrysocolaptes lucidus).
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Falco rufigularis).
● ex “Little Black-and-orange-coloured Hawk” of Edwards 1743-1751 (syn. Microhierax caerulescens).
● ex “Thrush” of Sloane 1725, and Ray 1713, “Merula jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle brun de la Jamaïque” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-chinned Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● ex “Orange-headed Honey-sucker” of Pennant 1773, and “Orange-headed Humming-bird” of Latham 1783 (unident.).