FMNH 417121

FM Catalog: Birds
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Alectura lathami purpureicollis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Alectura
Species: lathami
Subspecies: purpureicollis
Collector: G. Scott
Collection No.: 181
Geography: Oceania, Australia, Queensland, Wongabel, Atherton Tableland, inland from Cairns
DWc Country: Australia
Date Collected: 19 Aug 1946
Preparations: skin(r)
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Sex: Male
EMu IRN: 1691971
OccurenceID: 4823388a-c406-4990-bde8-741195d83641
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