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Meliphaga versicolor subsp. vulgaris Salomonsen

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) American Museum of Natural History

Description

Meliphaga versicolor vulgaris Salomonsen

Meliphaga versicolor vulgaris Salomonsen, 1966a: 5 (Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea).

Now Lichenostomus versicolor vulgaris (Salomonsen, 1966). See Coates, 1990: 278–279, Dickinson, 2003: 432, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 601.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 268962, adult male, collected at Finschhafen, 06.35S, 147.51E (Times Atlas), Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, on 7 February 1929, by Rollo H. Beck (no. 996).

COMMENTS: Salomonsen gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that the range was Yapen (5 Japen) Island, coastal northern New Guinea from Geelvink Bay to Huon Gulf, and Fergusson Island. Paratypes are: Seroi, Yapen Island, AMNH 303191–303195, two males, three females, collected by G. Stein in February 1931; Hollandia, AMNH 342905, female, collected by R. Archbold, A.L. Rand, and W.B. Richardson in July 1938; Madang, AMNH 267979–267982, one immature male, two adult males, one female, collected by Beck in October and December 1928; Finschhafen, AMNH 267983–267987, five males, collected by Beck in February 1929; Fergusson Island, AMNH 330251, male, collected by H. Hamlin on the Whitney South Sea Expedition in January 1929, AMNH 695741, male, collected by A.S. Meek in May 1913; Hosken Island, Huon Gulf, AMNH 695740, female, collected by Meek in July 1913.

Higgins et al. (2008: 601) tentatively synonymized vulgaris with sonoroides.

Notes

Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 84

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Material sample ID
AMNH 267979-267982 , AMNH 267983-267987 , AMNH 268962 , AMNH 303191-303195 , AMNH 330251, AMNH 695741 , AMNH 342905 , AMNH 695740
Event date
1929-02-07
Verbatim event date
1929-02-07
Scientific name authorship
Salomonsen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae
Genus
Meliphaga
Species
vulgaris
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype

References

  • Salomonsen, F. 1966 a. Preliminary descriptions of new honey-eaters (Aves, Meliphagidae). Breviora 254: 1 - 12.
  • Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Passerines. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 576 pp.
  • Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.
  • Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.
  • Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.