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Meliphaga cinereifrons

Microptilotis cinereifrons

Identification

15–17 cm

Distribution

Asia and Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Moluccas, New Guinea

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Graceful Honeyeater.

Subspecies

• M. c. stevensi:

• Northern slope of mountains of south-eastern New Guinea

• M. c. cinereifrons:

• Lowlands of south-eastern New Guinea (west to Hall Sound); Sariba Island

Habitat

Woodlands, rain forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit, nectar and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Lepage D. (2022) [1]. Retrieved 9 September 2022
4. BF Member observations
5. Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. Ford (2021). Elegant Honeyeater (Microptilotis cinereifrons), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grahon3.01.1

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Elegant Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Elegant_Honeyeater

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