Species profile
Nectarinia philippensis
Nectarinia philippensis
Quick answer
Type locality. Due to lectotypification, the type locality is ascertained as Manila, island of Luzon, Philippines.
- Scientific name
- Nectarinia philippensis
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Nectarinia
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