Species profile

Buphagus langi

Buphagus langi

Quick answer

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 163005, adult female, collected at Zambi, 05.51 S, 12.52 E (Chapin, 1954 a), lower Congo River, Congo (Kinshasa), on 16 January 1915, by James P. Chapin (no. 6203). From the Lang-Chapin Expedition.

Scientific name
Buphagus langi
Family
Buphagidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Buphagus

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