Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak
Rhynchostruthus louisaeLort Phillips, EE, 1897
English (US) Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak
The Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus louisae) 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 Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mountains of northern Somalia near Ethiopian borderRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhynchostruthus louisae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak
- Described by
- Lort Phillips, EE, 1897
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lort Phillips, EE, 1897
- Type locality
- on trip to Gollis Mountains [= Sheikh, see Phillips, 1898, Ibis, p. 398].
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6 p.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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