Leaden Honeyeater
Ptiloprora plumbea(Salvadori, AT, 1895)
English (US) Leaden Honeyeater
The Leaden Honeyeater (Ptiloprora plumbea) 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: patchily in montane west-central, central, and southeastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptiloprora plumbea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Leaden Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1895)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis plumbea
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1895)
- Type locality
- Moroka, southeastern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 34 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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