Table 3 in Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in the Catharus fuscater (Passeriformes: Turdidae) complex in Central and South America

Table 3. Adult plumage colour variation in the C. [fuscater] complex based on specimens in the ANSP, DMNH, FMNH, and LSUMZ. Numbers taken from Smithe (1975) denote colours on the crown, back, undertail coverts (tl-covs), flanks, breast, and throat. ‘Chin’ is scored with two levels (0,1) referring to the absence or presence, respectively, of an unbroken (although sometimes faint) line of darker feathers connecting the malar regions across the chin. Specimens from southern Ecuador and north-western Peru (C. [f.] caniceps) were scored separately from north-western Ecuador (C. [f.] berlepschi), despite showing low genetic divergence, to illustrate plumage colour differences. Specimens from eastern Panama (C. [f.] mirabilis, Undescribed 1) were scored using non-fresh (faded) specimens (see text). Color scores from a ‘brown type’ unsexed specimen of C. [f.] fuscater, the only study skin of that taxon available for the formal analysis, are included below as ‘female’.
SexNTaxonCrownBacktl-covsFlanksBreastThroatChinM5C. [f.] hellmayri11911191,3119A–C/ 271212,479/ 792119C4–7920–12Undescribed 111911191,3119C1212,4119C4119C412C. [f.] mirabilis11911191,3119B–C1212,4119C4119C412C. [f.] sanctaemartae11911191,3119A1212,479279210C. [f.] fuscater–––––––0C. [f.] opertaneus–––––––2Undescribed 22192119A1119B1212,491119D17C. [f.] berlepschi11911191,3119A–D/ 271212,479/ 119D4119D40–13C. [f.] caniceps2192/ 1194119/ 1191,3119B–C/ 2779–121119D5119D50–18Undescribed 311911191,3119B1212,4792119D409C. [f.] mentalis1191/ 21921191/ 2192119A1212,4792/ 91795/ 910–1F2C. [f.] hellmayri11911191,3119C1212,4792119C40–11Undescribed 1119119119B/ 119C1212,4119C4119C411C. [f.] mirabilis11911191,3119B1212,4119C4119C411C. [f.] sanctaemartae11911191,3119A1212,479279211C. [f.] fuscater21922192–1212,491591500C. [f.] opertaneus–––––––2Undescribed 22192119A1119B1212,491119D11C. (f.] berlepschi11911191,3271212,479119D404C. [f.] caniceps2192119119B–D/ 2779–121119D5119D509Undescribed 32192119119B/ 271212,4119C119D405C. [f.] mentalis2192119A1119A1212,491/ 91591/ 9150
Notes:(1) same hue as 119, but approaching darkness value of Jet Black (89); (2) darker than the given value; (3) slightly paler than crown;(4) cooler (less warm) than the given value; (5) paler than the given value.