Pied Triller
Lalage nigra(Pennant, T, 1781)
English (US) Pied Triller
The Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) 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 Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Lalage nigra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pied Triller
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Lalage nigra davisoni
- Lalage nigra striga
- Lalage nigra nigra
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus niger
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
- Type locality
- East Indies (Restricted to Singapore by Bangs, 1922 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 65:80. Based on Brisson II p. 284 pl. 31 fig. 3).
- Original description
- Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.) p.41
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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