Mountain Peltops
Peltops montanusStresemann, EFT, 1921
English (US) Mountain Peltops
The Mountain Peltops (Peltops montanus) 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: mountains of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Peltops montanus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Peltops
- Described by
- Stresemann, EFT, 1921
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Peltops blainvillii montanus
- Described by
- Stresemann, EFT, 1921
- Type locality
- Hunsteinspitze, Sepik Mountains.
- Original description
- Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern Band1 no.5 p.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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