Mayr's Honeyeater
Ptiloprora mayriHartert, EJO, 1930
English (US) Mayr's Honeyeater
The Mayr's Honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ptiloprora mayri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mayr's Honeyeater
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1930
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ptiloprora mayri mayri
- Ptiloprora mayri acrophila
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptiloprora guisei mayri
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1930
- Type locality
- Cyclops Mountains, northern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 36 p.49
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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