Belford's melidectes
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 New Guinea. 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 , the Lieutenant Governor of British New Guinea in the late nineteenth century.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Melidectes belfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Boelens, Bo; Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 46.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Melidectes
- Birds of New Guinea
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