White-breasted Mesite
Mesitornis variegatus(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1838)
English (US) White-breasted Mesite
The White-breasted Mesite (Mesitornis variegatus) 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: dry deciduous forest of western MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mesitornis variegatus
- Order
- Mesitornithiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-breasted Mesite
- Described by
- (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mesites variegata
- Described by
- (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1838)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 6 p.444
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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