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Clay-colored Robin

Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Clay-coloured thrush (Turdus grayi casius), Soberania National Park, Panama
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Open encyclopedia reference

The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro (Spanish: [ʝi'ɣwiro]). Other common names include clay-colored robin.

Wikipedia contributors, Clay-colored thrush; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:05:39.867037+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838
Name authority: Bonaparte, 1838
Common name: Clay-colored Robin
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Extinction status: Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderPasseriformes
familyTurdidae Rafinesque, 1815
genusTurdus Linnaeus, 1758
speciesTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Turdus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
White-throated RobinTurdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Comoro ThrushTurdus bewsheri E. Newton, 1877	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus Temminck, 1831	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Grey-sided ThrushTurdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Cocoa ThrushTurdus fumigatus M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum P. L. Sclater, 1863	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
White-backed ThrushTurdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876)	TurdidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

North America

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

Bonaparte, & Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. (1838). November 14th, 1837. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 5, No. 59. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:59PLL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.