Grey-winged Robin-Chat
Sheppardia polioptera(Reichenow, A, 1892)
English (US) Gray-winged Robin-Chat
UK name: Grey-winged Robin-Chat
The Grey-winged Robin-Chat (Sheppardia polioptera) 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 Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Sheppardia polioptera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-winged Robin-Chat
- English (UK)
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sheppardia polioptera polioptera
- Sheppardia polioptera nigriceps
- Sheppardia polioptera tessmanni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cossypha polioptera
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1892)
- Type locality
- Bukoba, Victoria Nyanza.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 40, no.197 p.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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