Makira Honeyeater
Meliarchus sclateri(Gray, GR, 1870)
English (US) Makira Honeyeater
The Makira Honeyeater (Meliarchus sclateri) 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: Makira (southeastern Solomon Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Meliarchus sclateri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Makira Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Philemon Sclateri
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1870)
- Type locality
- San Christobal Island, British Solomon Islands.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.5, no.29 p.327
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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