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Photo by Ian_M
Photo is of subspecies procerior, taken Viti Levu, Fiji. Endemic to the Fiji Archipelago.

Includes Eastern, Northern and Western Wattled Honeyeater

Identification

Three subspecies recognized, each of them accepted as full species by Clements:

F. c. procerior (Western Wattled Honeyeater) on western and central Fiji Islands
F. c. taviunensis (Northern Wattled Honeyeater) on north-central Fiji Islands
F. c. carunculatus (Eastern Wattled Honeyeater) on eastern Fiji Islands, Samoa and Tonga

Moist lowland forests, mangrove forests and montanes.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Wattled Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Wattled_Honeyeater