Ornithology 346920: Ducula rufigaster rufigaster

Karimui
Oceania: Papua New Guinea
1964 (1964-07-30)
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Identifications

Ducula rufigaster rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Columbiformes Columbae Columbidae Ducula rufigaster rufigaster

Identified by Jared Diamond and John Terborgh
Nature of ID: expert ID

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Oceania
Country:	Papua New Guinea
Specific Locality:	Karimui
Verbatim Locality:	New Guinea, Karimui, 60 mi. S. W. of Goroka
Locality Remarks:	Karimui Patrol Post
Collecting Source:	unknown
Coordinates:	-6.498248° 144.820597° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 3036 m
	Katherine Eldridge; 2021-05-27; Source: GEOLocate
	Coordinate Remarks: Freeman, Benjamin G. & Freeman, Alexandra M Class. (2014) The avifauna of Mt. Karimui, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, including evidence for long-term population dynamics in undisturbed tropical forest. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 134 (1). pg. 31
Collecting Date:	1964 (1964-07-30)

Collectors

Jared M. Diamond

John W. Terborgh

Identifiers

original number: 6920

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
skeleton (dry)	unknown	in collection	1

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MCZ Ornithology Skeletal Collection bones-340001, pg.209

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