Meliphaga analoga papuae Salomonsen

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475825
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scientific name	Meliphaga analoga papuae Salomonsen
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Meliphaga analoga papuae Salomonsen, 1966a: 4 (Wuroi, Oriomo River, British Papua (western division), southern New Guinea).

Now Meliphaga analoga analoga (Reichenbach, 1852) View in CoL . See Diamond, 1969: 45, 1972: 373, Coates, 1990: 289–291, and Higgins et al., 2008: 591.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 422342 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Wuroi , 08.50S, 143.07E ( Deignan, 1964a: 234), Oriomo River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, on 28 January 1934, by Richard Archbold and Austin L. Rand on the 1933–1934 Archbold New Guinea Expedition (no. 2620). GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Salomonsen cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as ‘‘from the Fly River district eastward to Hall Sound. ’’ Paratypes are: Oriomo River: Wuroi, AMNH 422339–422341 About AMNH ; Fly River : below junction of Palmer and Black rivers, AMNH 428001 About AMNH , 428005–428030 About AMNH ; above D’Albertis Junction , AMNH 428031–428033 About AMNH ; Lake Daviumbu , AMNH 428034–428047 About AMNH , 428133 About AMNH ; east bank, opposite Sturt Island , AMNH 428048– 428054 About AMNH ; east bank, Gaima , AMNH 428055– 428076 About AMNH ; and Wassi Kussa River : AMNH 428077–428085 About AMNH . Of these, AMNH 428012 About AMNH and 428016 were exchanged to FMNH, and AMNH 428067 About AMNH was sent to PNGM .

References

Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Passerines. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 576 pp.

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.

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.

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