Leaden honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Ptiloprora |
Species: | P. plumbea |
Binomial name | |
Ptiloprora plumbea (Salvadori, 1895) | |
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