Motacilla samveasnae, Mekong, Cambodia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: Motacilla samveasnae

Name

Motacilla samveasnae Duckworth et al., 2001

Etymology: specific epithet after the Cambodian ornithologist Sam Veasna, one of the pioneers in the ornithology and zoology of Cambodia.

References

  • Duckworth, J.W. Alström, P., Davidson, P., Evans, T.D., Poole, C.M., Setha, T. & Timmins, R.J. 2001. A new species of wagtail from the lower Mekong basin. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 121: 154–182, pl. 1,–2, fig. 1–6

Vernacular names

English: Mekong Wagtail
svenska: Mekongärla
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