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Meliphaga aruensis

Puff-backed Honeyeater

As recorded: Meliphaga aruensis (Sharpe, 1884)

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Meliphagidae

Collected by
A Mack
Collector number
Collector Number: AA 13595
Locality
Hunstein River, "Bani" area, 8.7 km N, 9.8 km E of Mt. Hunstein summit, (Camp 1)
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-4.4306, 142.7421
Identified by
A Allison
Record type
Preserved specimen
38 Bishop specimens of Meliphaga aruensisSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Meliphaga aruensis. BPBM 110700. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93657040. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/110700.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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