Melanie
Well-known member
In 1942, Gregory Mathews described the subspecies Meliphaga virescens lipferti of the Singing Honeyeater which is now a synonym of Gavicalis virescens forresti. Otto Lipfert was a taxidermist at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. He collected many bird specimens in 46 years but his most notable work is the preparation of the Blue Whale skeleton in the Western Australian Museum.