Motacilla samveasnae

Motacilla samveasnae, Mekong, Cambodia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Infraordo: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Aveairfoila Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Averaptora Cladus: Avialae Classis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: Motacilla samveasnae

Name

Motacilla samveasnae Duckworth et al., 2001

Etymology: specific epithet after the Cambodian ornithologist Sam Veasna, one of the pioneers in the ornithology and zoology of Cambodia.

References

• Duckworth, J.W. Alström, P., Davidson, P., Evans, T.D., Poole, C.M., Setha, T. & Timmins, R.J. 2001. A new species of wagtail from the lower Mekong basin. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 121: 154–182, pl. 1,–2, fig. 1–6

Vernacular names

English: Mekong Wagtail
svenska: Mekongärla