Biology:Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush
Catharus dryas 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
Species:
C. dryas
Binomial name
Catharus dryas
(Gould, 1855)
Catharus dryas map.svg

The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush or Gould's nightingale-thrush (Catharus dryas) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae native to Central America. It was first described in 1855 by the English ornithologist John Gould.

Taxonomy and systematics

In 1878, the Sclater's nightingale-thrush (Catharus maculatus) was categorized as a subspecies of Catharus dryas based on the similar plumage. In 2017, a study showed that Catharus maculatus was not a subspecies of Catharus dryas, but a separate species of Spotted nightingale-thrush. The publication cited DNA sequencing, vocal data, and modeling of ecological niches as evidence that the two organisms were, in fact, different species.[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognised:[3]

  • C. d. harrisoni - Phillips, AR & Rook, 1965: Found in Oaxaca (south-western Mexico)
  • C. d. ovandensis - Brodkorb, 1938: Found in Chiapas (south-western Mexico)
  • C. d. dryas - (Gould, 1855): Found in western Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras

Distribution and habitat

It is found from southern Mexico to Honduras. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and inland wetlands.[3]

Behaviour and ecology

1902 illustration

It has a lifespan of around 4.2 years, and is not considered a migratory species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2019). "Catharus dryas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T155183424A139368904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155183424A139368904.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155183424/139368904. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Halley, M.R.; Klicka, J.C.; Clee, P.R.S.; Weckstein, J.D. (2017). "Restoring the species status of Catharus maculatus (Aves: Turdidae), a secretive Andean thrush, with a critique of the yardstick approach to species delimitation". Zootaxa 4376 (3): 387–404. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.4. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/. Retrieved 19 July 2021. 


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