Vogelkop Melidectes
Melidectes leucostephes(Meyer, AB, 1874)
English (US) Vogelkop Melidectes
The Vogelkop Melidectes (Melidectes leucostephes) 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: western New Guinea (Tamrau, Arfak, Fakfak, and Kumawa mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melidectes leucostephes
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vogelkop Melidectes
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Melirrhophetes leucostephes
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Type locality
- Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, northwestern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 70(1874) p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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