Grey Hypocolius
Hypocolius ampelinusBonaparte, CLJL, 1850
English (US) Gray Hypocolius
UK name: Grey Hypocolius
The Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) 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 Hypocoliidae (Hypocolius) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds eastern Iraq, Kuwait, southern Iran, southern Turkmenistan and, probably, western Afghanistan; non-breeding mainly western and central Saudi Arabia, coastal districts of western Gulf States, southern Iran, southern Pakistan, and extreme northwestern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hypocolius ampelinus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Hypocolius
- English (UK)
- Grey Hypocolius
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
- Type locality
- California, in error, type from coast of Abyssinia, fide Hartert, 1907 2 .
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.336
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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