Biology:Zenker's honeyguide
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Short description: Species of bird
Zenker's honeyguide | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Indicatoridae |
Genus: | Melignomon |
Species: | M. zenkeri
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Binomial name | |
Melignomon zenkeri Reichenow, 1898
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Zenker's honeyguide (Melignomon zenkeri) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German botanist Georg Zenker.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Melignomon zenkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22680663A92871670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680663A92871670.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22680663/92871670. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 377.
Wikidata ☰ Q1260633 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenker's honeyguide.
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