Eastern Shriketit
Falcunculus frontatus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Eastern Shriketit
The Eastern Shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) 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 Falcunculidae (Shriketits) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern and southeastern Australia (northern Wet Topics region, Paluma Range, Connors-Clarke Range, Kroombit Tops, southeastern Queensland to southeastern South Australia, and southern Flinders and Mount Lofty ranges)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falcunculus frontatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Shriketit
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- L[anius] frontatus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia ; restricted to Sydney, New South Wales, by Mathews, 1923, Birds Australia, 11, p. 2.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xviii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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