Loriculus panayensis - Panay Hanging Parrot
Both male and female of the species are shown here. These specimens were shot in Ilo-Ilo on the island of Panay in the Philippine Archipelago on 30th October, 1874.]]>
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Batrachostomus septimus
This female Philippine frogmouth, a nocturnal bird, was gathered on a trip on 'Malanipa, Basilan Straits, near Samboangan' in early 1875.]]>
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Buceros mindanensis
This Rufous hornbill is a sub-species of the Buceros hydrocorax. A forest-dweller, this male specimen was shot in early February 1875 on the island of Malanipa in the Philippine Archipelago.





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Dicrurus striatus
A species of Drongo bird, this specimen was taken on the island of Malanipa in the Philippines in early February 1875.]]>
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Dicaeum mindanense
A subspecies of flowerpecker from the Philippines. The specimen from which this image was taken was taken in early February 1874 on the island of Malanipa.

Nectarophilia juliae
A subspecies of sunbird from the Philippines. The male of the species is more colourful than the female. Both sexes are shown here.]]>
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Phabotreron brevirostris
A species of short-billed brown dove from the Philippines.]]>
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Challenger Expedition arrived in the Admiralty Islands (part of Papua New Guinea) on the 3rd March, 1875. Whilst there bird specimens were collected.

Monarcha infelix - Manus monarch
Rhipidura semirubra - Manus fantail
Myzomela pammelaena - Ebony myzomela]]>
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Philemon albitorques
Now known as the Manus or white-naped friarbird, this large bird is endemic to the Admiralty Islands. The specimen from which this image was produced was shot by members of the Challenger expedition between 3rd and 10th March 1875.]]>
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Carpophaga rhodinolaema
A fruit pigeon from the Admiralty Islands. John Murray (1841-1915), one of the naturalists on the Challenger voyage wrote in his notes regarding the pigeon: 'These birds were in immense numbers. On the first day four guns bagged 85 in two hours; another day 230 were taken, another 200, another 150.' The birds were observed to feed on 'wild coffee and nutmegs'.]]>
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Ptilopus johannis
A fruit pigeon from the Admiralty Islands named for naturalist of the voyage, John Murray.]]>
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Megapodius eremita
Shot on Pigeon Island in early March 1875, the Melanesian scrubfowl is native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.]]>
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Ptilotis carunculata
Shot on the island of Tongatapu on 20th July 1874 this specimen of Wattled honeyeater is now most probably known taxonomically as Foulehaio carunculata.
Ptilotis procerior
A subspecies of honeyeater, shot in Levuka, Fiji.]]>
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Ptilotis provocator
Shot on the 6th August 1874 on the Kandavu Islands in Fiji by a member of the Challenger expedition party. Known as a Kadavu honeyeater, the taxonomic name for this species is now Xanthotis provocator.]]>
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Zosterops flaviceps
Silvereye, found in Levuka, Fiji.

Z. explorator
This species of Fijian white eye was discovered by John Murray.]]>
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Chrysoenas victor
Sometimes called Ptilinopus victor, this orange fruit-dove or flame dove was taken from Taveuni, Fiji's fourth largest island.]]>
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Chrysoenas viridis
This male of the species was found on Kadavu. Known as the whistling dove, it was 'first discovered...by the Challenger Expedition'.]]>
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Carpophaga latrans
Most probably now known taxonomically as Ducula latrans, this bird is commonly known as Peale's Imperial Pigeon or the Barking Imperial Pigeon. This specimen was found on Kadavu, Fiji.]]>
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Pachycephala phaeonota
This island whistler was found by the Challenger Expedition in the Banda Islands. The Expedition team was in the area from the 29th September to the 2nd October, 1874.

Rhipidura squamata
Also found in the Banda Islands of Indonesia, this Arafura fantail, is now known taxonomically as Rhipidura dryas.]]>
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Grauculus pollens
The Challenger Expedition was in the Ki Islands in late September 1874. This Kai Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina pollens) was collected on the island of Ki Dulan.]]>
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Trichoglossus nigrigularis
Found on the Aru Islands in Indonesia in September 1874, this species of lorikeet is was taken on Wokan Island, now known as Tanahbesar.]]>
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Buteo solitarius
The Challenger Expedition was in what was then known as  the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in August 1875. They took this 'little known' species, the Hawaiian Hawk, in Hilo Bay. The hawk is now an endangered species.

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Anas wyvilliana
The Hawaiian duck or koloa. This specimen was taken by the Challenger Expedition in August 1875.]]>
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Nesocichla eremita
Found only in the Tristan da Cunha Island group this Tristan thrush or 'starchy' was taken by the Challenger Expedition in October 1873. It is now known taxonomically as Turdus eremita.]]>
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Nesospiza acunhae
The Inaccessible Island Finch or Inaccessible Bunting is only found on Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha island group in the South Atlantic Ocean. Tristan da Cunha is the most remoted inhabited island in the world. 
This specimen was retrieved by the Challenger expedition team in October 1873.]]>
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Phalacrocorax verrucosus
This species of shag was captured by the Challenger expedition team at Betsy Cove in the Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean in January 1874. Endemic to the islands, it is known as the Kerguelen shag.]]>
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