Species profile
Andean Slaty Thrush
Turdus nigriceps
Quick answer
Type series: Cabanis (1874: 97) based this species on one or more males, but Taczanowski (1875: 503) stressed that he received from Jelski only one specimen of this species. This specimen, which is thus the holotype of this species, has been deposited in the MIZ (Taczanowski 1889: 9, Sztolcman & Domaniewski 1927: 155, Mlíkovský 2009 b). Holotype: MIZ 34329 (SD P. 2796), 3, collected by Jelski on 7 August 1871 at " Soriano, Huanta " [= Soriano, Peru]. Type locality: " Soriano, Huanta " (Sztolcman & Domaniewski 1927: 155), i. e. Soriano, Peru. This locality was not located (see also Vaurie 1972, Stephens and Traylor 1983), but presumably was situated between Maraynioc [11.37 ° S, 75.40 ° W] and Chilpis [11.27 ° S, 75.36 ° W], Peru.
- Scientific name
- Turdus nigriceps
- Family
- Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Turdus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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