Grey Longbill
Macrosphenus concolor(Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
English (US) Gray Longbill
UK name: Grey Longbill
The Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor) 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 Macrosphenidae (Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Guinea and Sierra Leone to far northeastern Angola and southwestern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Macrosphenus concolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Longbill
- English (UK)
- Grey Longbill
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Camaroptera concolor
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
- Type locality
- Guinea.
- Original description
- System der Ornithologie Westafrica's p.62
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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