Sao Tome Fiscal
Lanius newtoniBocage, JVB, 1891
English (US) Sao Tome Fiscal
The Sao Tome Fiscal (Lanius newtoni) 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 Laniidae (Shrikes) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea); rediscovered 1990 after 50-year absenceRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lanius newtoni
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Sao Tome Fiscal
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1891
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius (Fiscus) Newtoni
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1891
- Type locality
- Sao Tome.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (2), 2 p.79
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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