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Melidectes
''Melidectes'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. All six species are endemic to New Guinea. The generic name is derived from the Greek ''meli'' for honey and ''dektes'' for beggar or receiver. Description They are medium-sized honeyeaters, varied in appearance but possessing a long and sometimes stout bill and bare patch around the eye which is quite large and brightly coloured in some species. Habitat The genus is overwhelmingly restricted to montane environments. They occupy mountain forest, forest edge, alpine shrubland and shrubby thickets in grasslands. In some instances where two species occupy similar ranges, for example the Belford's melidectes and the yellow-browed melidectes in the Schrader Ranges, the two species exclude each other and occur at different attitudes. Feeding The diet of the melidectes is not known for all species, but for those that are known it consists of insects, nectar, pollen, fruit and berries. The short-bearded melidecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melidectes
''Melidectes'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. All six species are endemic to New Guinea. The generic name is derived from the Greek ''meli'' for honey and ''dektes'' for beggar or receiver. Description They are medium-sized honeyeaters, varied in appearance but possessing a long and sometimes stout bill and bare patch around the eye which is quite large and brightly coloured in some species. Habitat The genus is overwhelmingly restricted to montane environments. They occupy mountain forest, forest edge, alpine shrubland and shrubby thickets in grasslands. In some instances where two species occupy similar ranges, for example the Belford's melidectes and the yellow-browed melidectes in the Schrader Ranges, the two species exclude each other and occur at different attitudes. Feeding The diet of the melidectes is not known for all species, but for those that are known it consists of insects, nectar, pollen, fruit and berries. The short-bearded melidecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornate Melidectes
The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (''Melidectes torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References ornate melidectes Birds of New Guinea ornate melidectes ornate melidectes The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (''Melidectes torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of reso ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belford's Melidectes
Belford's melidectes (''Melidectes belfordi''), also known as Belford's honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Belford, the son of a Samoan chief, who collected natural history specimens for Sir William McGregor, the Lieutenant Governor of British New Guinea in the late nineteenth century. References Belford's melidectes Birds of New Guinea Belford's melidectes Belford's melidectes (''Melidectes belfordi''), also known as Belford's honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its common name ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-browed Melidectes
The yellow-browed melidectes (''Melidectes rufocrissalis''), also known as the yellow-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References External links Melidectes rufocrissalison the Global Biodiversity Information Facility yellow-browed melidectes Birds of Papua New Guinea yellow-browed melidectes The yellow-browed melidectes (''Melidectes rufocrissalis''), also known as the yellow-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mois ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon Melidectes
The Huon melidectes or Huon honeyeater (''Melidectes foersteri'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References Huon melidectes Birds of the Huon Peninsula Huon melidectes The Huon melidectes or Huon honeyeater (''Melidectes foersteri'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrou ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-browed Melidectes
The yellow-browed melidectes (''Melidectes rufocrissalis''), also known as the yellow-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References External links Melidectes rufocrissalison the Global Biodiversity Information Facility yellow-browed melidectes Birds of Papua New Guinea yellow-browed melidectes The yellow-browed melidectes (''Melidectes rufocrissalis''), also known as the yellow-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mois ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogelkop Melidectes
The Vogelkop melidectes (''Melidectes leucostephes'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia : northern Doberai and western Bomberai peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References Vogelkop melidectes Birds of West Papua Vogelkop melidectes The Vogelkop melidectes (''Melidectes leucostephes'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia : northern Doberai and western Bomberai peninsula. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinnamon-browed Melidectes
The cinnamon-browed melidectes (''Melidectes ochromelas''), also known as the cinnamon-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References cinnamon-browed melidectes Birds of New Guinea cinnamon-browed melidectes The cinnamon-browed melidectes (''Melidectes ochromelas''), also known as the cinnamon-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summ ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea, and found also in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea. Bali, on the other side of the Wallace Line, has a single species. In total there are 186 species in 55 genera, roughly half of them native to Australia, many of the remainder occupying New Guinea. With their closest relatives, the Maluridae (Australian fairy-wrens), Pardalotidae (pardalotes), and Acanthizidae (thornbills, Australian warblers, scrubwrens, etc.), they comprise the superfamily Meliphagoidea and originated early in the evolutionary history of the oscine passerine radiation. Although honeyeaters look and behave very much like other nectar-feeding passerines around the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melionyx
''Melionyx'' is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. These species were formerly placed in the genus ''Melidectes''. They were moved to the resurrected genus ''Melionyx '' based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common names were changed from "melidectes" to "honeyeater". The genus contains three species: * Sooty honeyeater (''Melionyx fuscus'') * Short-bearded honeyeater (''Melionyx nouhuysi'') * Long-bearded honeyeater The long-bearded honeyeater (''Melionyx princeps''), is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. This species was formerly placed in the genus ''Melidectes''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Melionyx'' based on the results of a mol ... (''Melionyx princeps'') References Bird genera Taxa named by Tom Iredale {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short-bearded Melidectes
The short-bearded honeyeater (''Melionyx nouhuysi'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in West Papua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species was formerly placed in the genus ''Melidectes''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Melionyx'' based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ... study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "short-bearded melidectes" to "short-bearded honeyeater". References short-bearded honeyeater Birds of Western New Guinea short-bearded honeyeater short-bearded honeyeater Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as Armillaria mellea, honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes. There are six major parasitic Behavioral ecology#Evolutionarily stable strategy, strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), wikt:trophic, trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), Disease vector, vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropreda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
