Phalacrocorax imperialis
This species of shag was taken in the Messier Channel in Patagonia, Chile and has possibly been mistaken with P. carunculatus, a shag endemic to New Zealand.
P. albiventris
A shag species from South America.]]>
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Eudyptes chrysocome
This small crested penguin is known as the Southern rockhopper. The Challenger Expedition found this species on Inaccesible Island (Tristan da Cunha archipelago), the Kerguelen Island group, and the Falkland Islands.]]>
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Eudyptes chrysolophus
This specimen of crested penguin is known as the macaroni penguin and was taken by the Challenger Expedition in Christmas Harbour in the Kerguelen or Desolation Islands.]]>
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Spheniscus magellanicus
The Magellanic penguin from South America.]]>
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Spheniscus demersus
Described by Henry Nottidge Moseley, a naturalist aboard the Challenger, as 'ugly', this species is commonly known as the jackass or African penguin.
Taken in False Bay on Seal Island in South Africa, Moseley writes in his notes that 'They make a noise very like the braying of donkeys, hence their name...']]>
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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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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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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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Anas wyvilliana
The Hawaiian duck or koloa. This specimen was taken by the Challenger Expedition in August 1875.]]>
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Zosterops flaviceps
Silvereye, found in Levuka, Fiji.

Z. explorator
This species of Fijian white eye was discovered by John Murray.]]>
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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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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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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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Ptilopus johannis
A fruit pigeon from the Admiralty Islands named for naturalist of the voyage, John Murray.]]>
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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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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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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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Phabotreron brevirostris
A species of short-billed brown dove from the Philippines.]]>
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