Megalampitta gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea

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Familia: Melampittidae
Genus: Megalampitta
Species: Megalampitta gigantea

Name

Megalampitta gigantea (Rothschild, 1899)

• Type locality: Mount Moari, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.

Synonymy

• Mellopitta gigantea (protonym)
• Melampitta gigantea (Rothschild, 1899)

References

Primary references

• Ornithologische Monatsberichte 7 p. 137 BHL

Additional references

• Schodde, R. & Christidis, L. 2014. Relicts from Tertiary Australasia: undescribed families and subfamilies of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their zoogeographic signal. Zootaxa 3786(5): 501–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Greater Melampitta

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