Shiny Whistling Thrush
Myophonus melanurus(Salvadori, AT, 1879)
English (US) Shiny Whistling Thrush
The Shiny Whistling Thrush (Myophonus melanurus) 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 Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane moss forest of SumatraRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myophonus melanurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shiny Whistling Thrush
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Arrenga melanurus
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1879)
- Type locality
- Mount Singalan, West Sumatra.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 14 p.227
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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