Biology:Belford's melidectes
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Short description: Species of bird
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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. belfordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melidectes belfordi (De Vis, 1890)
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Belford's melidectes (Melidectes belfordi), also known as Belford's honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Belford, the son of a Samoan chief, who collected natural history specimens for Sir William McGregor, the Lieutenant Governor of British New Guinea in the late nineteenth century.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Melidectes belfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22704276A130259376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704276A130259376.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22704276/130259376. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Boelens, Bo; Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 46.
Wikidata ☰ Q221753 entry
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