Growling Riflebird
Ptiloris intercedensSharpe, RB, 1882
English (US) Growling Riflebird
The Growling Riflebird (Ptiloris intercedens) 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 Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: lowlands of central and southeastern Papua New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptiloris intercedens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Growling Riflebird
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1882
- Type locality
- Milne Bay and East Cape, southeastern New Guinea.
- Original description
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology 16 p.444
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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