Species profile
Pyrgita septentrionalis
Pyrgita septentrionalis
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COMMENTS: In the original description, Brehm did not list a type or mention how many specimens he examined. Hartert (1918 a: 15) by listing the above specimen as the type of septentrionalis, designated it the lectotype. Other specimens cataloged in AMNH as septentrionalis were collected after the publication of the name.
- Scientific name
- Pyrgita septentrionalis
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pyrgita
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