Makira honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Meliarchus Salvadori, 1880 |
Species: | M. sclateri |
Binomial name | |
Meliarchus sclateri (Gray, GR, 1870) | |
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