Sao Tome Shorttail
Motacilla bocagii(Sharpe, RB, 1892)
English (US) Sao Tome Shorttail
The Sao Tome Shorttail (Motacilla bocagii) 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 Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: locally in forest of southern São ToméRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Motacilla bocagii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sao Tome Shorttail
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Amaurocichla bocagii
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
- Type locality
- San Miguel, west coast of St. Thomas, West Africa.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892, pt.2 p.228 pl.20 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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