Scaly-breasted Cupwing
Pnoepyga albiventer(Hodgson, BH, 1837)
English (US) Scaly-breasted Cupwing
The Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) 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 Pnoepygidae (Cupwings) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pnoepyga albiventer
- Family
- Pnoepygidae (Cupwings)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pnoepyga albiventer pallidior
- Pnoepyga albiventer albiventer
- Pnoepyga albiventer mutica
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Tesia] Albiventer
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1837)
- Type locality
- Nepal; restricted to eastern Nepal by Rand and Fleming, 1957, Fieldiana Zool. [Chicago], 41, p. 124; further restricted to Ham District by Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 357.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6, pt.1, no.62 p.102
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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