Green-backed Robin
Pachycephalopsis hattamensis(Meyer, AB, 1874)
English (US) Green-backed Robin
The Green-backed Robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis) 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 Petroicidae (Australasian Robins) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pachycephalopsis hattamensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-backed Robin
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Pachycephalopsis hattamensis hattamensis
- Pachycephalopsis hattamensis ernesti
- Pachycephalopsis hattamensis insularis
- Pachycephalopsis hattamensis lecroyae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pachycephala hattamensis
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Type locality
- Hatam, Arfak Mountains; altitude 3,550 feet.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 p.391
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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