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Bismarck Melidectes

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Melidectes whitemanensis

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

22.5cm

Drab-coloured
Yellowy-olive wing patch
Narrow area of bare skin behind the eye
Long curved bill (around 1.5 times the length of head)

[edit] Distribution

Australasia: found in Papua New Guinea (central New Britain of the Bismarck Archipelago).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Lowland moist forests between 1,200 and 1,800 m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
BirdLife International