Meliphaga montana aicora Rand, 1936

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475821
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scientific name	Meliphaga montana aicora Rand
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Meliphaga montana aicora Rand View in CoL

Meliphaga montana aicora Rand, 1936: 9 View in CoL (Aicora River, Northern Division, Territory of Papua).

Now Meliphaga montana aicora Rand, 1936 View in CoL . See Diamond, 1972: 367–370, Dickinson, 2003: 433, and Higgins et al., 2008: 593.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 448976 About AMNH , adult male, collected on the Aikora (5 Aicora) River, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, on 16 October 1905, by collectors for Albert S. Meek (no. 42). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Rand cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and noted that he had three male specimens. The two paratypes are: AMNH 695820, 695821, males, Aikora River, 19 October and 21 November 1905, Meek nos. 46 and 68. The Aikora River is one of the tributaries of the Gira River that reaches the coast at 08.00S, 147.55E ( PNG, 1984).

Rothschild and Hartert (1914a: 10–12) reported on this small collection, listing only two specimens (under Ptilotis montana ) but noting the larger bills.

References

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.

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.

Rand, A. L. 1936. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 11. Meliphaga analoga and its allies. American Museum Novitates 872: 1 - 23.

Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1914 a. List of a small collection of birds from the Aicora River. Novitates Zoologicae 21: 10 - 12.