Peltops

Peltops
Lowland peltops (Peltops blainvillii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Artamidae
Genus: Peltops
Wagler, 1829
Type species
Eurylaimus blainvillii[1]
Lesson & Garnot, 1827
Species

Peltops blainvillii
Peltops montanus

Peltops is a genus of birds in the family Artamidae. It contains two species that are endemic to the island of New Guinea. The species have also had the common name of shieldbill.

  1. ^ "Peltopsidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.