Dactylopsila tatei Laurie, 1952 . Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 1:278.
TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Prov., Fergusson Isl., Faralulu Dist., mtns, above Taibutu Village, 610- 915 m .
DISTRIBUTION: Fergusson Isl., Papua New Guinea.
COMMENT: Considered a subspecies of trivirgata by Ziegler, 1977, in Stonehouse and Gilmore, p. 131; considered a distinct species by George, 1979, in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, p. 94.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301402007002002001.