Black Catbird
Melanoptila glabrirostrisSclater, PL, 1858
English (US) Black Catbird
The Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) 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 Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: coastal eastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula and adjacent islands) to northern HondurasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Catbird
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- M[elanoptila] glabrirostris
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1858
- Type locality
- in rep. Honduras, prope urbem Omoa.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.25, no.344 p.275
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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