Brown Mesite
Mesitornis unicolor(des Murs, MAPO, 1845)
English (US) Brown Mesite
The Brown Mesite (Mesitornis unicolor) 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 Mesitornithidae (Mesites) in the order Mesitornithiformes.
Range: rainforest of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mesitornis unicolor
- Order
- Mesitornithiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Brown Mesite
- Described by
- (des Murs, MAPO, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mesites unicolor
- Described by
- (des Murs, MAPO, 1845)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 8 p.176
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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