Green Figbird
Sphecotheres viridisVieillot, LJP, 1816
English (US) Green Figbird
The Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis) 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 Oriolidae (Old World Orioles) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern Lesser Sundas (Rote, Semau, and Timor)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sphecotheres viridis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green Figbird
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sphecotera viridis
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
- Type locality
- 'Australasia' [= Kopang, Timor].
- Original description
- Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.68
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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