Olive-flanked Ground Robin
Dessonornis anomalus(Shelley, GE, 1893)
English (US) Olive-flanked Ground Robin
The Olive-flanked Ground Robin (Dessonornis anomalus) 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 Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dessonornis anomalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Olive-flanked Ground Robin
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Dessonornis anomalus grotei
- Dessonornis anomalus anomalus
- Dessonornis anomalus macclounii
- Dessonornis anomalus mbuluensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Callene anomala
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1893)
- Type locality
- Milanji Plateau.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.5, no.17 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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