Forest Thrush

The forest thrush (Turdus lherminieri) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found on four islands in the Lesser Antilles. == Taxonomy and systematics == The forest thrush was originally described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1844 as Turdus L'Iherminieri. For a time it was placed in its own genus Cichlherminia. Following genetic studies published in the early 2000s that genus was merged into Turdus, restoring the species' original binomial (with modern spelling). The forest thrush has these four subspecies: T. l. lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844 T. l. dominicensis (Lawrence, 1880) T. l. dorotheae (Wolters, 1980) T. l. sanctaeluciae (Scalter, PL, 1880) == Description == The forest thrush is 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) long and weighs about 100 g (3.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. l. lherminieri have a mostly warm brown head with thin white lines on the cheeks and ear coverts and a wide yellow eye-ring. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are also warm brown. Their underparts are whitish with buff-edged dark brown scallops. They have a yellow iris, bill, and legs and feet. Juveniles are slightly…