Lowland Peltops
Peltops blainvillii(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)
English (US) Lowland Peltops
The Lowland Peltops (Peltops blainvillii) 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 Artamidae (Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: lowlands of New Guinea, including Waigeo, Salawati, and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Peltops blainvillii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lowland Peltops
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eurylaimus Blainvillii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)
- Type locality
- Dorey (= Manokwari), northwestern New Guinea.
- 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 livr.3 p.595, pl.19 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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