Spot-billed Ground Tyrant
Muscisaxicola maculirostrisd'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
English (US) Spot-billed Ground Tyrant
The Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) 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 Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-billed Ground Tyrant
- Described by
- d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Muscisaxicola maculirostris niceforoi
- Muscisaxicola maculirostris rufescens
- Muscisaxicola maculirostris maculirostris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- M[uscisaxicola] maculirostris
- Described by
- d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
- Type locality
- La Paz, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.66
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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