Species profile

Dicrurus meeki

Dicrurus meeki

Quick answer

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 672564, adult male, collected on Guadalcanal (= Guadalcanar) Island, 09.30 S, 160.00 E (Times Atlas), Solomon Islands, on 24 May 1901, by Albert S. Meek (no. 3188). From the Rothschild Collection.

Scientific name
Dicrurus meeki
Family
Dicruridae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Dicrurus

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