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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
BPBM 982Vertebrate Zoology

Melidora macrorrhina

Hook-billed Kingfisher

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

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Alcedinidae

Locality
exact locality unknown
Island
New Guinea
Region
Unknown Region
Record type
Preserved specimen
13 Bishop specimens of Melidora macrorrhinaSpecies page ›

Cite this specimen

Melidora macrorrhina. BPBM 982. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37548048. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm/982.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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