Southern Hyliota
Hyliota australisShelley, GE, 1882
English (US) Southern Hyliota
The Southern Hyliota (Hyliota australis) 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 Hyliotidae (Hyliotas) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Hyliota australis
- Family
- Hyliotidae (Hyliotas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Hyliota
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Hyliota australis slatini
- Hyliota australis inornata
- Hyliota australis australis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1882
- Type locality
- Umvuli (= Umfuli) River, Mashonaland; restricted to Hartley Hills, lat. 18° 11' S., long. 30° 15' E., ca. 5 kilometers north of the Umfuli River, Mashonaland, Rhodesia, by Brooke, 1975, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 95, p. 91.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.6, no.22 p.258 pl.7 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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