Species profile
Quiscalus fortirostris
Quiscalus fortirostris
Quick answer
COMMENTS: Lawrence described both male and female in the original description and said that the types were in his collection. Both of these specimens are marked ‘‘ Type’ ’ by Lawrence, and they are the only two specimens of this form in AMNH from the Lawrence Collection. A. H. Alexander was a New York taxidermist (Wynne, 1969: 4) from whom Lawrence received specimens on occasion.
- Scientific name
- Quiscalus fortirostris
- Family
- Icteridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Quiscalus
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