Mountain Honeyeater - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Mountain Meliphaga; Hill-forest Honeyeater

Microptilotis orientalis

Meliphaga orientalis

Distribution

In Southeast Asia, found in New Guinea endemic, Indonesia

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.

Subspecies

• M. o. facialis:

• Highlands of the Bird's Head, and the southern slope of the highlands east to the Eastern Range), also Waigeo Island

• M. o. becki:

• Northern slope of the western and central highlands, also the northern ranges from the Foja Mountains east to the Huon Peninsula

• M. o. orientalis:

• Mts. of southeastern New Guinea

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mountain Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mountain_Honeyeater

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