Species profile
Petronia macrorhynchos
Petronia macrorhynchos
Quick answer
COMMENTS: Brehm, in his original description, did not list a type or indicate how many specimens he had. Hartert, by listing the above specimen as the type, designated it the lectotype. It is labeled macrorhynchos in Brehm’s hand and bears a Rothschild type label. It is the only Brehm specimen of this species from Greece in AMNH.
- Scientific name
- Petronia macrorhynchos
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Petronia
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