Whitehead
Mohoua albicilla(Lesson, RP, 1830)
English (US) Whitehead
The Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla) 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 Mohouidae (Whiteheads) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: North Island, and Little and Great Barrier, Arid, and Kapiti islands (New Zealand)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mohoua albicilla
- Family
- Mohouidae (Whiteheads)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Whitehead
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla albicilla
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
- Type locality
- Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie 1, pt.2, livr.14 p.662
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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