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Species
Ptiloprora plumbea Salvadori, 1894
Nomenclature
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Family: MeliphagidaeGenus: Ptiloprora
Species:
Ptiloprora plumbea Salvadori, 1894
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Leaden Honeyeater, Leaden Streaked Honeyeater
Media
SUMMARY
Nominate race has head, neck and upperbody leade grey, fine blackish-brown streaking on top of head, hindneck and side of neck, merging to dense fine pale grey to off-white speckling on side of head and chin and throat, and to broader and more diffuse blackish-brown streaking on mantle, back and scapulars, upperwing and uppertail grey-brown, browner than upperparts, wing-coverts and remiges with fine olive to olive-grey outer edges and tips, underbody almost uniformly leaden grey. with fine and sparse white speckling across breast and olive-brown wash on belly