Greenish Schiffornis
Schiffornis virescens(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
English (US) Greenish Schiffornis
The Greenish Schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens) 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 Tityridae (Tityras, Becards, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Schiffornis virescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greenish Schiffornis
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptil[ochloris] virescens
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
- Type locality
- Brazil; type from Rio de Janeiro, fide Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 78.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 1 p.238
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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