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Bird Eggs: Polynesian wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus), island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus), maroon shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis), Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis), Samoan fantail (Rhipidura nebulosa), silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Hartlaub and Finsch Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa und Tongainseln
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Fig. 1. Ptilotis carunculata (Bremen Mus.) Valid name Foulehaio carunculatus (Gmelin, 1788)
Fig. 2. Ptilotis carunculata (Mus. Godeffroy) Valid name Foulehaio carunculatus (Gmelin, 1788)
Fig. 3. Merula vanicorensis. Quoy. Synonym Turdus vanikorensis Synonym Merula samoensis Synonym Valid name Turdus poliocephalus samoensis Tristram, 1879
Fig 4. Aplonis tabuensis Gml. (Brem. Mus.) Valid name Prosopeia tabuensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Fig. 5. Artamus mentalis Jard. (Mus. Godeffroy) Artamus mentalis Jardine, 1845
Fig. 6. Rhipidura nebulosa Peale. Valid name Rhipidura nebulosa Peale, 1848
Fig. 7. Zosterops flaviceps. Peale. Valid name Zosterops lateralis flaviceps Peale, 1848
Date 1880s
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14343#
Author Otto Finsch, 1839-1917; Gustav Hartlaub, 1814-1900
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beitrag_zur_fauna_Centralpolynesiens._Ornithologie_der_Viti-,_Samoa-_und_Tonga-inselnPl1.jpg
The Polynesian wattled honeyeater or eastern wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species is endemic to the islands of the Central Pacific, occurring on American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
The island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) is a common forest bird in the thrush family. Almost 50 subspecies have been described, ranging from Taiwan, through South East Asia and Melanesia, to Samoa, exhibiting great differences in plumage.
The maroon shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) or red shining-parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It endemic to the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni in Fiji and was introduced to the islands of southern Tonga in prehistoric times.
The Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis) is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to most of the islands of Fiji.
The Samoan fantail (Rhipidura nebulosa) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Samoa.
The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west pacific.
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