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Aplonis metallica in life
In life — Metallic Starling, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Graham Winterflood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Graham Winterflood

Aplonis metallica

Metallic Starling

As recorded: Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824)

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Sturnidae

Collected by
P R Swift
Collector number
Collector Number: PRS 117
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
45 Bishop specimens of Aplonis metallicaSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Aplonis metallica. BPBM 184768. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92082778. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/184768.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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