Greater Melampitta
Megalampitta gigantea(Rothschild, LW, 1899)
English (US) Greater Melampitta
The Greater Melampitta (Megalampitta gigantea) 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 Melampittidae (Melampittas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: patchily distributed lower montane slopes of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megalampitta gigantea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greater Melampitta
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mellopitta gigantea
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1899)
- Type locality
- Mount Moari, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 7 p.137
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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