Grey-necked Rockfowl
Picathartes oreasReichenow, A, 1899
English (US) Gray-necked Rockfowl
UK name: Grey-necked Rockfowl
The Grey-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes oreas) 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 Picathartidae (Rockfowl) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: forest of southeastern Nigeria to southern Cameroon and northeastern Gabon; BiokoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Picathartes oreas
- Family
- Picathartidae (Rockfowl)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-necked Rockfowl
- English (UK)
- Grey-necked Rockfowl
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1899
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1899
- Type locality
- British Cameroons; type alleged to come from Victoria [lat. 4° 00' N., long. 9° 12' E.].
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 7 p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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