Chatham Islands Bellbird
Anthornis melanocephalaGray, GR, 1843
English (US) Chatham Islands Bellbird
The Chatham Islands Bellbird (Anthornis melanocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: formerly Chatham Islands; extinct ca. 1906Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthornis melanocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Chatham Islands Bellbird
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1843
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands.
- Original description
- Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country 2 p.188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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