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Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater

As recorded: Merops ornatus Latham, 1801

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Meropidae

Collected by
P R Swift
Collector number
Collector Number: PRS 079
Locality
Wau, 2 km W, (Wau Ecology Institute grounds)
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-7.3400, 146.7071
Identified by
P R Swift
Record type
Preserved specimen
31 Bishop specimens of Merops ornatusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Merops ornatus. BPBM 184733. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93659345. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/184733.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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