Rockrunner
Achaetops pycnopygius(Sclater, PL, 1853)
English (US) Rockrunner
The Rockrunner (Achaetops pycnopygius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Macrosphenidae (Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Achaetops pycnopygius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rockrunner
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Achaetops pycnopygius pycnopygius
- Achaetops pycnopygius spadix
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sphenoeacus pycnopygius
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1853)
- Type locality
- Damaraland, South West Africa; restricted to the Omaruru River, South West Africa, by Vincent, 1949, Ostrich, 20, p. 150, and to the Erongo Mountains, by Macdonald, 1957, Contrib. Ornith. Western South Africa, pp. 114-115.
- Original description
- Contributions to ornithology 7 p.148
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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