Philemon novaeguineae fretensis Salomonsen

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scientific name	Philemon novaeguineae fretensis Salomonsen
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Philemon novaeguineae fretensis Salomonsen, 1966a: 9 (Delena, Hall Sound, British Papua (central division), New Guinea).

Now Philemon buceroides novaeguineae (Müller, 1843) View in CoL . See Salomonsen, 1967: 408–410; Diamond, 1972: 380–384, Coates, 1990: 252–254, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 289–290, and Higgins et al., 2008: 680–681.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 330277 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Delena , 08.52S, 146.33E ( USBGN, 1956), Hall Sound , Central Province , Papua New Guinea, on 28 May 1929, by Hannibal Hamlin on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 37362). GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Salomonsen cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said fretensis ranged from the middle Fly River eastward along the south coast of New Guinea to Milne Bay. The following AMNH specimens are paratypes: AMNH 224195 About AMNH , 268056 About AMNH , Samarai ; AMNH 295701 About AMNH , 295702 About AMNH , Port Moresby ; AMNH 421375 About AMNH , 421376 About AMNH , Boroka ; AMNH 421377 About AMNH , 421378 About AMNH , Rouna ; AMNH 422355– 422359 About AMNH , Wuroi ; AMNH 422360 About AMNH , 422361 About AMNH , 422363 About AMNH , Dogwa ; AMNH 428287–428292 About AMNH , near junction of Black and Palmer rivers ; AMNH 428293–428299 About AMNH , Lake Daviumbu ; AMNH 428300–428311 About AMNH , Lower Fly River and Daru Island ; AMNH 428312–428318 About AMNH , Wassi Kussa River ; AMNH 697130 About AMNH , Hall Bay ; AMNH 781651–781657 About AMNH , Rouna ; AMNH 781658 About AMNH , lower Brown River .

Diamond (1972: 382) synonymized fretensis with novaeguineae and other authors have agreed with him.

References

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

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.

Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.

Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.