Biology:Gilliard's melidectes
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Short description: Species of bird found in Papua New Guinea
| Gilliard's melidectes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melidectes |
| Species: | M. whitemanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Melidectes whitemanensis (Gilliard, 1960)
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Gilliard's melidectes (Melidectes whitemanensis) or the Bismarck melidectes, is a bird species in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to New Britain. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Formerly classified as a species of least concern by the IUCN,[1] it was suspected to be rarer than generally assumed. Following the evaluation of its population size, this was found to be correct, and it is consequently uplisted to near threatened status in 2008.[2]
Footnotes
References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
Wikidata ☰ Q2225107 entry
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