Tagula Honeyeater
Meliphaga vicina(Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1912)
English (US) Tagula Honeyeater
The Tagula Honeyeater (Meliphaga vicina) 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: lowlands and hills of Tagula (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Meliphaga vicina
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tagula Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1912)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis analoga vicina
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1912)
- Type locality
- Sudest [= Tagula] Island, Louisiade Archipelago.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 19 p.203
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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