- Turdus nudigenis
Description
Note: Frequently called the Bare-eyed Thrush, which easily leads to confusion with the African T. tephronotus.
Identification
Location: Arima, Trinidad
Naming
This species is also known as Bare-eyed Robin (AOU checklist) or Bare-eyed Thrush (Clements checklist). One of these names is used in all the local field guides that I have looked at (for West Indies, and for Trinidad; I am 99% sure that the field guide for Venezuela also uses one of these two names). Yellow-eyed Thrush is from Sibley and Monroe, but it is not a good name: as you can see, it is not the eye but naked skin around that is yellow.
Originally posted by njlarsen
English Common Name
I agree with Niels that the Sibley-Monroe made an unhappy choice for the English Common Name of this bird. The principle reason is that they preoccupied the Common Name Bare-eyed Thrush for the African - Turdus tephronotus.
Originally posted by cuckooroller
