Grey-backed Tachuri
Polystictus superciliaris(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
English (US) Gray-backed Tachuri
UK name: Grey-backed Tachuri
The Grey-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) 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 Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (central Bahia to Minas Gerais and northern São Paulo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polystictus superciliaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-backed Tachuri
- English (UK)
- Grey-backed Tachuri
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- E[uscarthmus] superciliaris
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
- Type locality
- border of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil; restricted to Vallo [= Vale] Fundo, southern Bahia, by Zimmer, 1955, Amer. Mus. Novit, no. 1749, p. 9.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien 3 p.953
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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