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Melidora macrorrhina in life
In life — Hook-billed Kingfisher, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) ytw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ytw

Melidora macrorrhina

Hook-billed Kingfisher

As recorded: Melidora macrorrhina (R.Lesson, 1827)

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Alcedinidae

Collected by
A Mack
Collector number
Collector Number: AA 13715
Locality
Hunstein River, "Gifa" area, 4.9 km N, 6.3 km E of Mt. Hunstein summit, (Camp 2)
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-4.4651, 142.7121
Identified by
A Allison
Record type
Preserved specimen
13 Bishop specimens of Melidora macrorrhinaSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Melidora macrorrhina. BPBM 110738. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93657026. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/110738.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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