Grey Silky-flycatcher
Ptiliogonys cinereusSwainson, WJ, 1827
English (US) Gray Silky-flycatcher
UK name: Grey Silky-flycatcher
The Grey Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus) 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 Ptiliogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Silky-flycatcher
- English (UK)
- Grey Silky-flycatcher
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1827
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Ptiliogonys cinereus cinereus
- Ptiliogonys cinereus otofuscus
- Ptiliogonys cinereus pallescens
- Ptiliogonys cinereus molybdophanes
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1827
- Type locality
- Tableland of Mexico, Real del Monte = Temascaltepec fide Friedmann, Grisconi and Moore, 1957.
- Original description
- The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1 p.368
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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