Grey-bellied Comet
Taphrolesbia griseiventris(Taczanowski, W, 1883)
English (US) Gray-bellied Comet
UK name: Grey-bellied Comet
The Grey-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris) 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 Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Andes of northwestern Peru (southern Cajamarca to western Huánuco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Taphrolesbia griseiventris
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Gray-bellied Comet
- English (UK)
- Grey-bellied Comet
- Described by
- (Taczanowski, W, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cynanthus griseiventris
- Described by
- (Taczanowski, W, 1883)
- Type locality
- Paucal, Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, pt.1 p.72
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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