Abyssinian Catbird
Sylvia galinieri(Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
English (US) Abyssinian Catbird
The Abyssinian Catbird (Sylvia galinieri) 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 Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: highland juniper and Hagenia forest of EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sylvia galinieri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Abyssinian Catbird
- Described by
- (Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Parisoma Galinieri
- Described by
- (Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.162
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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