Species profile
Amydrus montanus
Amydrus montanus
Quick answer
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 669360, adult male, collected on Mount Elgon, 9000 – 10,000 feet, 01.07 N, 34.35 E (Times Atlas), Kenya- Uganda border, on 15 March 1916. From the V. G. L. van Someren Collection via the Rothschild Collection.
- Scientific name
- Amydrus montanus
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Amydrus
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