The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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ORIENTAL DOLLARBIRD
Eurystomus orientalis
#
Range
E. o.
pacificus
Biak, Supiori
;
E. o. waigiouensis
Yapen.
Status
Austral
migrant.
Beehler
&
Pratt
(2016) noted that resident
E. o. waigiouensis
is scarce on
New Guinea’s
north coast but in
Teluk Cenderawasih
has been recorded on
Yapen. Austral
migrant
E. o.
pacificus
is widespread and common on
Biak in April
‒
November.
5 June 1990
: a loose aggregation of
c
.50 hawked at dawn over the hotel near
Biak
airport (
KDB
). Presumably these were recent arrivals.
12 August 1994
: 15 near
Waspdori Falls
(
D. Roberson
, eBird checklist S6813709).