Oedistoma pygmaeum flavipectus Salomonsen

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Oedistoma pygmaeum flavipectus Salomonsen, 1966a: 2 (Wuroi, Oriomo River, British Papua (western division), southern New Guinea).

Now Oedistoma pygmaeum pygmaeum Salvadori, 1876 View in CoL . See Mayr and Rand, 1937: 213, Diamond, 1969: 45, Diamond, 1972: 357, Dickinson, 2003: 451, and Gregory, 2008: 337–338.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 422241 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Wuroi , 08.50S, 143.07E ( Deignan, 1964a: 234), Oriomo River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, on 10 February 1934, by Richard Archbold and Austin L. Rand, on the 1933–1934 Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (no. 2824). GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Salomonsen cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original

description and gave the range as southern New Guinea from Etna Bay to Milne Bay. Paratypes: AMNH 295665 About AMNH , Galley Reach ; AMNH 421189–421197 About AMNH , Mafulu ; AMNH 422242 About AMNH , 422243 About AMNH , Wuroi , Oriomo River ; AMNH 427744–427753 About AMNH , Fly River ; AMNH 427754–427757 About AMNH , Wassi Kussa River ; AMNH 691192–691196 About AMNH , Upper Setekwa River and southern Snow Mountains ; AMNH 691198 About AMNH , Mount Gayata ; AMNH 216409 About AMNH (exchange from Rothschild), AMNH 691199–691203 About AMNH , Aroa River ; AMNH 691204 About AMNH , Mount Cameron , Owen Stanley Mountains .

For a summary of the 1933–1934 Archbold Expedition, see Archbold and Rand (1935).

References

Archbold, R., and A. L. Rand. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 7. Summary of the 1933 - 1934 Papuan Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68 (8): 527 - 579, 19 pls.

Deignan, H. G. 1964 a. Subfamily Orthonychinae. In E. Mayr and R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editors), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 10, 228 - 240. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 502 pp.

Diamond, J. M. 1969. Preliminary results of an ornithological exploration of the North Coastal Range, New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2362: 1 - 57.

Diamond, J. M. 1972. Avifauna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, no. 12. Cambridge, MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 438 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.

Gregory, P. A. 2008. Family Melanocharitidae (Berrypeckers and Longbills). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 322 - 340. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 880 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.

Mayr, E., and A. L. Rand. 1937. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 14. The birds of the 1933 - 1934 Papuan Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 73 (1): 1 - 248, 1 pl.

Salomonsen, F. 1966 a. Preliminary descriptions of new honey-eaters (Aves, Meliphagidae). Breviora 254: 1 - 12.