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Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the 
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** New Holland honeyeater, ''Phylidonyris novaehollandiae''
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family
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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 ...
. They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
most common in Australia
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and New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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, but also found in New Zealand
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, the Pacific
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islands as far east as Samoa
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and Tonga
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, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea
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Family: Meliphagidae
*''Sugomel
''Sugomel'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
It contains two species, one native to Australia and the other endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia:
* Scaly-crowned honeyeater (''Sugomel lombokium'')
* Black ho ...
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** Scaly-crowned honeyeater
The scaly-crowned honeyeater (''Sugomel lombokium'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...
, ''Sugomel lombokium'' (west-central Lesser Sunda Islands
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** Black honeyeater
The black honeyeater (''Sugomel nigrum'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The black honeyeater exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the male being black and white while the female is a speckled grey-brown; immature birds l ...
, ''Sugomel nigrum''
* ''Myzomela
''Myzomela'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 39 species, and the most geographically widespread. It ranges from Indonesia to Australia and into the islands of the Pacific Oce ...
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** Drab myzomela, ''Myzomela blasii'' (southern Molucca
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...
n Islands of Ceram and Ambon
Ambon may refer to:
Places
* Ambon Island, an island in Indonesia
** Ambon, Maluku, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province
** Governorate of Ambon, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796
* Ambon, Morbihan, a c ...
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** White-chinned myzomela, ''Myzomela albigula'' (southeast Papua New Guinea
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** Ruby-throated myzomela
The ruby-throated myzomela or red-throated myzomela (''Myzomela eques'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an area o ...
, ''Myzomela eques'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and the islands of Waigeo
Waigeo is an island in Southwest Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi, or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago loc ...
, Salawati
Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua (formerly West Papua), Indonesia. Its area is 1,623 km2. Salawati is separated from New Guinea to the southeast by the Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Strai ...
, Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...
, New Britain
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...
, and Umboi
Umboi (also named Rooke or Siassi) is a volcanic island between the mainland of Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain. It is separated from New Britain by the Dampier Strait and Huon Peninsula, and New Guinea by the Vitiaz Strait. It ha ...
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** Dusky honeyeater, ''Myzomela obscura'' (northern Molucca
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s, New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
, northern and northeastern Australia
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, and southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands
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** Red myzomela
The red myzomela (''Myzomela cruentata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in New Guinea and New Britain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montan ...
, ''Myzomela cruentata'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and the Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km.
History
The first inhabitants o ...
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** Papuan black myzomela, ''Myzomela nigrita'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
and Waigeo
Waigeo is an island in Southwest Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi, or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago loc ...
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** New Ireland myzomela, ''Myzomela pulchella'' ( New Ireland and the eastern Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km.
History
The first inhabitants o ...
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** Mountain myzomela
The mountain myzomela (''Myzomela adolphinae''), also known as elfin myzomela or midget myzomela, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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, ''Myzomela adolphinae'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
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** Wetar myzomela, ''Myzomela kuehni'' (central Lesser Sunda Islands
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** Sumba myzomela, ''Myzomela dammermani'' (southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands
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** Red-headed myzomela
The red-headed myzomela or red-headed honeyeater (''Myzomela erythrocephala'') is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It was described by John Gould in 1840. Two subspecie ...
, ''Myzomela erythrocephala'' (southern New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
, and northern Australia
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** Sulawesi myzomela, ''Myzomela chloroptera'' (Sulawesi
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and northern Molucca
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** Wakolo myzomela
The Wakolo myzomela (''Myzomela wakoloensis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Moluccan Islands of Buru and Seram. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...
, ''Myzomela wakoloensis'' (southern Molucca
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** Banda myzomela
The Banda myzomela (''Myzomela boiei'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Indonesia. It is found in the Banda, Babar and Tanimbar Islands.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, s ...
, ''Myzomela boiei'' (Lesser Sunda Islands
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, Banda Islands
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, and Tanimbar Islands
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** Taliabu myzomela, ''Myzomela wahe'' (the island of Taliabu)
** Scarlet myzomela
The scarlet myzomela or scarlet honeyeater (''Myzomela sanguinolenta'') is a small passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to Australia. It was first described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. At long, it is t ...
, ''Myzomela sanguinolenta'' (eastern Australia
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** New Caledonian myzomela
The New Caledonian myzomela (''Myzomela caledonica'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with (the same species as) the scarlet myzomela of Australia.
It is endemic t ...
, ''Myzomela caledonica'' (new Caledonia
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** Micronesian myzomela
The Micronesian myzomela (''Myzomela rubratra'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species forms a superspecies with a number of related and similar looking island and mainland myzomelas across the Pacific and Austra ...
, ''Myzomela rubrata'' (Mariana Islands
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, Palau
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, and Caroline Islands
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** Cardinal myzomela
The cardinal myzomela (''Myzomela cardinalis'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is named for the scarlet color of the male. It is found in American Samoa, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, as ...
, ''Myzomela cardinalis'' (southeastern Solomon Islands
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, Vanuatu
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, and Samoa
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** Rotuma myzomela, ''Myzomela chermesina'' (northwestern Fiji
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** Sclater's myzomela, ''Myzomela sclateri'' (small islands off northeast coast of New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and New Britain
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...
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** Bismarck black myzomela
The Bismarck black myzomela (''Myzomela pammelaena'') or ebony myzomela, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae or honeyeater family.
It is native to the Admiralty and St Matthias islands (Bismarck Islands, Papua New Guinea).
Its natural habi ...
, ''Myzomela pammelaena'' (Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km.
History
The first inhabitants o ...
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** Red-capped myzomela, ''Myzomela lafargei'' (Solomon Islands
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** Crimson-rumped myzomela, ''Myzomela eichhorni'' (central Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
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** Black-headed myzomela, ''Myzomela melanocephala'' (Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
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** Red-vested myzomela, ''Myzomela malaitae'' (southeastern Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
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** Sooty myzomela, ''Myzomela tristrami'' (southern Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
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** Orange-breasted myzomela
The sulphur-breasted myzomela (''Myzomela jugularis''), also known as the orange-breasted myzomela or orange-breasted honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Description
The sulphur-breasted myzomela is 10 cm (4 in) lo ...
, ''Myzomela jugularis'' (Fiji
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** Black-bellied myzomela, ''Myzomela erythromelas'' (Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km.
History
The first inhabitants o ...
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** Black-breasted myzomela
The black-breasted myzomela or red-rumped myzomela (''Myzomela vulnerata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of lan ...
, ''Myzomela vulnerata'' (Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...
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** Red-collared myzomela, ''Myzomela rosenbergi'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
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* ''Gliciphila''
** Tawny-crowned honeyeater, ''Gliciphila melanops''
* '' Glycichaera''
** Green-backed honeyeater, ''Glycichaera fallax'' (Aru Islands
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, Waigeo
Waigeo is an island in Southwest Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi, or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago loc ...
and Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...
island, New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, northeastern Australia
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* '' Ptiloprora''
** Leaden honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora plumbea''
** Rufous-sided honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora erythropleura''
** Rufous-backed honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora guisei''
** Mayr's honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora mayri''
** Yellowish-streaked honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora meekiana''
** Grey-streaked honeyeater, ''Ptiloprora perstriata''
* ''Acanthorhynchus
Spinebill is the name given to two members of the honeyeater family, both in the genus ''Acanthorhynchus'', which is Latin for "spine bill". They are around 15 centimetres in length, and are coloured black, white and chestnut, with a long, downc ...
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** Eastern spinebill
The eastern spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris'') is a species of honeyeater found in south-eastern Australia in forest and woodland areas, as well as gardens in urban areas of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. It is around 15&nb ...
, ''Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris''
** Western spinebill
The western spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'') is a honeyeater found in the heath and woodland of south-western Australia. Ranging between long, it weighs around . It has a black head, gray back and wings, with a red band behind its ...
, ''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus''
* ''Certhionyx
The pied honeyeater (''Certhionyx variegatus'') is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae and the sole species in the genus '' Certhionyx'' (Christidis & Boles 2008). This species is also known as the black and white honeyeat ...
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** Pied honeyeater
The pied honeyeater (''Certhionyx variegatus'') is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae and the sole species in the genus '' Certhionyx'' (Christidis & Boles 2008). This species is also known as the black and white honeyeat ...
, ''Certhionyx variegatus'' (western central Australia
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* '' Prosthemadera''
** Tui or parson bird. ''Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae''
* '' Anthornis''
** New Zealand bellbird
The New Zealand bellbird (''Anthornis melanura''), also known by its Māori names korimako, makomako, and kōmako, is a passerine bird endemic to New Zealand. It has greenish colouration and is the only living member of the genus ''Anthornis''. T ...
, ''Anthornis melanura''
* '' Pycnopygius ''
** Plain honeyeater (''Pycnopygius ixoides'')
** Marbled honeyeater
The marbled honeyeater (''Pycnopygius cinereus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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(''Pycnopygius cinereus'')
** Streak-headed honeyeater (''Pycnopygius stictocephalus'')
* ''Cissomela''
** Banded honeyeater
The banded honeyeater (''Cissomela pectoralis'') is a species of honeyeater in the family Meliphagidae with a characteristic narrow black band across its white underparts. It is endemic to tropical northern Australia.
Taxonomy and systematics ...
, ''Cissomela pectoralis''
* ''Lichmera
''Lichmera'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
The genus contains 9 species:
* Olive honeyeater (''Lichmera argentauris'')
* Brown honeyeater
The brown honeyeater (''Lichmera indistincta'') is a species of bird in t ...
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** Olive honeyeater
The olive honeyeater (''Lichmera argentauris'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Indonesia, where it inhabits the Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an ...
, ''Lichmera argentauris'' (Molucca
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...
s and western islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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** Indonesian honeyeater
The brown honeyeater (''Lichmera indistincta'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It belongs to the honeyeaters, a group of birds which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding. Honeyeaters are found ...
, ''Lichmera (indistincta) limbata'' (Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...
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** Brown honeyeater
The brown honeyeater (''Lichmera indistincta'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It belongs to the honeyeaters, a group of birds which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding. Honeyeaters are found ...
, ''Lichmera indistincta'' (Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
, central-southern New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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** Dark-brown honeyeater, ''Lichmera incana'' (New Caledonia
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, Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands Province ( French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast of ...
, and Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...
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** Scaly-breasted honeyeater
The scaly-breasted honeyeater (''Lichmera squamata''), also known as the white-tufted honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the southern Moluccas. Its natural habitats are su ...
, ''Lichmera squamata'' (Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...
and Kai Island
The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are a group of islands in the southeastern part of the Maluku Islands, located in the province of Maluku. The Moluccas have been known as the Spice Islands due to regionally specific plants such ...
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** Silver-eared honeyeater
The silver-eared honeyeater (''Lichmera alboauricularis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Description
The Silver-eared honeyeater
...
, ''Lichmera alboauricularis'' (north-central and southeastern New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
)
** Buru honeyeater
The Buru honeyeater (''Lichmera deningeri'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. ...
, ''Lichmera deningeri'' (Buru
Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon and Seram islands. The island belongs to Ma ...
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** Seram honeyeater
The Seram honeyeater (''Lichmera monticola'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs on Seram in the southern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summaris ...
, ''Lichmera monticola'' (Seram
Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent is ...
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** Flame-eared honeyeater
The flame-eared honeyeater (''Lichmera flavicans''), also known as the yellow-eared honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found on Timor island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...
, ''Lichmera flavicans'' (Timor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...
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** Black-necklaced honeyeater
The black-necklaced honeyeater or black-chested honeyeater (''Lichmera notabilis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Wetar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or ...
, ''Lichmera notabilis'' (Wetar
Wetar is a tropical island which belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Maluku Barat Daya Islands (literally ''Southwest Islands'') of the Maluku Islands. It lies east of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which in ...
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* ''Phylidonyris
''Phylidonyris'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family that are endemic to Australia.
It contains the following species:
References
Bird genera
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** Crescent honeyeater
The crescent honeyeater (''Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus'') is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southeastern Fauna of Australia, Australia. A member of the genus ''Phylidonyris'', it is most closely related to the comm ...
, ''Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera''
** New Holland honeyeater, ''Phylidonyris novaehollandiae''
** White-cheeked honeyeater
The white-cheeked honeyeater (''Phylidonyris niger'') inhabits the east coast and the south-west corner of Australia. It has a large white patch on its cheek, brown eyes, and a yellow panel on its wing.
Taxonomy
The white-cheeked honeyeater was ...
, ''Phylidonyris nigra''
* '' Trichodere''
** White-streaked honeyeater
The white-streaked honeyeater (''Trichodere cockerelli'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichodere''. It is endemic to Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dr ...
, ''Trichodere cockerelli'' (northeastern Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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* '' Grantiella''
** Painted honeyeater
The painted honeyeater (''Grantiella picta'') is a species of honeyeater in a monotypic genus.
Taxonomy
A member of the family Meliphagidae, ''Grantiella picta'' is the sole species under this genus. The painted honeyeater was first described ...
, ''Grantiella picta''
* '' Plectorhyncha''
** Striped honeyeater, ''Plectorhyncha lanceolata ''
* ''Xanthotis
''Xanthotis'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
The genus contains three species:
* Spotted honeyeater (''Xanthotis polygrammus'')
* Macleay's honeyeater (''Xanthotis macleayanus'')
* Tawny-breasted honeyeater (''Xanth ...
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** Spotted honeyeater, ''Xanthotis polygrammus''
** Macleay's honeyeater
Macleay's honeyeater (''Xanthotis macleayanus'') is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural hab ...
, ''Xanthotis macleayanus''
** Tawny-breasted honeyeater, ''Xanthotis flaviventer''
* ''Meliphacator''
** Kadavu honeyeater, ''Meliphacator provocator''
* '' Philemon''
** Meyer's friarbird, ''Philemon meyeri''
** Brass's friarbird, ''Philemon brassi''
** Little friarbird, ''Philemon citreogularis''
** Grey friarbird, ''Philemon kisserensis'' (sometimes considered as a subspecies of the little friarbird ''Philemon citreogularis kisserensis'')
** Timor friarbird
The Timor friarbird or plain friarbird (''Philemon inornatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land dominated b ...
, ''Philemon inornatus''
** Morotai friarbird, ''Philemon fuscicapillus''
** Seram friarbird, ''Philemon subcorniculatus''
** Buru friarbird, ''Philemon moluccensis''
** Tanimbar friarbird, ''Philemon plumigenis''
** Helmeted friarbird
The helmeted friarbird (''Philemon buceroides'') is part of the ''Honeyeater, Meliphagidae'' family. The helmeted friarbird, along with all their subspecies, is commonly referred to as “leatherhead” by the birding community.
Description
Th ...
, ''Philemon buceroides''
** New Guinea friarbird, ''Philemon novaeguineae''
** New Britain friarbird, ''Philemon cockerelli''
** New Ireland friarbird, ''Philemon eichhorni''
** Manus friarbird
The Manus friarbird (''Philemon albitorques'') or white-naped friarbird, also known as the ''chauka'' ('souka' in Lele, the local language) is a species of bird in the Honeyeater family, or Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the Manus Province of P ...
, ''Philemon albitorques''
** Silver-crowned friarbird, ''Philemon argenticeps''
** Noisy friarbird
The noisy friarbird (''Philemon corniculatus'') is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are bare of feathers. It ...
, ''Philemon corniculatus''
** New Caledonian friarbird
The New Caledonian friarbird (''Philemon diemenensis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, ...
, ''Philemon diemenensis''
* ''Melitograis''
** White-streaked friarbird, ''Melitograis gilolensis''
* '' Entomyzon''
** Blue-faced honeyeater
The blue-faced honeyeater (''Entomyzon cyanotis''), also colloquially known as the bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is the only member of its genus, and it is most closely related to honeyeaters of t ...
, ''Entomyzon cyanotis''
* '' Melithreptus''
** Black-chinned honeyeater
The black-chinned honeyeater (''Melithreptus gularis'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical d ...
, ''Melithreptus gularis''
** Strong-billed honeyeater, ''Melithreptus validirostris''
** Brown-headed honeyeater, ''Melithreptus brevirostris''
** White-throated honeyeater, ''Melithreptus albogularis''
** White-naped honeyeater, ''Melithreptus lunatus''
** Gilbert's honeyeater
Gilbert's honeyeater (''Melithreptus chloropsis''), also known as the Swan River honeyeater or western white-naped honeyeater, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southwestern Australia. A mid-sized honeyeater, it ...
, ''Melithreptus chloropsis''
** Black-headed honeyeater
The black-headed honeyeater (''Melithreptus affinis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is one of two members of the genus ''Melithreptus'' endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and Mediterranean-type ...
, ''Melithreptus affinis''
* ''Foulehaio
The wattled honeyeaters make up a genus (''Foulehaio'') of birds in the family Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, ...
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** Polynesian wattled honeyeater
The Polynesian wattled honeyeater (''Foulehaio carunculatus'') or the eastern wattled honeyeater, is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It was considered conspecific with the Fiji wattled honeyeater and the kikau.
The sp ...
, ''Foulehaio carunculatus''
** Fiji wattled honeyeater
The Fiji wattled honeyeater (''Foulehaio taviunensis'') or northern wattled honeyeater, is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It was considered conspecific with the Polynesian wattled honeyeater and the kikau.
The species ...
, ''Foulehaio taviunensis''
** Kikau
The kikau or western wattled honeyeater (''Foulehaio procerior'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It was considered conspecific with the Fiji wattled honeyeater and the Polynesian wattled honeyeater.
The species is ...
, ''Foulehaio procerior''
* '' Nesoptilotis''
** White-eared honeyeater
The white-eared honeyeater (''Nesoptilotis leucotis'') is a medium-sized honeyeater found in Australia. It is a member of the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats) which has 190 recognised species with about half of them found i ...
, ''Nesoptilotis leucotis''
** Yellow-throated honeyeater
The yellow-throated honeyeater (''Nesoptilotis flavicollis'') is a species of passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is similar in behaviour and appearance to the white-eared honeyeater and is endemic to Australia's island state ...
, ''Nesoptilotis flavicollis''
* ''Ashbyia
The gibberbird (''Ashbyia lovensis'') is a species of chat within the passerine birds.
Taxonomy
This species, also formerly known as the desert chat, is endemic to Australia and the only species within the genus ''Ashbyia''.Pizzey, Graham; Doyle ...
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**Gibberbird
The gibberbird (''Ashbyia lovensis'') is a species of chat within the passerine birds.
Taxonomy
This species, also formerly known as the desert chat, is endemic to Australia and the only species within the genus ''Ashbyia''.Pizzey, Graham; Doyle ...
, ''Ashbyia lovensis''
* '' Epthianura''
** Crimson chat
The crimson chat (''Epthianura tricolor'') is a species of small bird found in Australia. It is also known as the tricoloured chat, saltbush canary, and crimson-breasted nun.
Description
Crimson chats are usually in length and in weight. They h ...
, ''Epthianura tricolor''
** Orange chat
The orange chat (''Epthianura aurifrons'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is Endemism, endemic to Australia.
Description
The orange chat (''Epthianura aurifrons'') is Endemism, endemic to Australia.Fraser, Ian & Gray, Jeanni ...
, ''Epthianura aurifrons''
** Yellow chat
The yellow chat (''Epthianura crocea'') is a small passerine bird endemic to Australia.Houston, W., Porter, G., O’Neill, P., and Elder, R. (2004). "The ecology of the critically endangered yellow chat Epthianura crocea macgregori on Curtis Isla ...
, ''Epthianura crocea''
** White-fronted chat, ''Epthianura albifrons''
* '' Melilestes''
** Long-billed honeyeater, ''Melilestes megarhynchus'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
, western islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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* '' Macgregoria''
** MacGregor's honeyeater, ''Macgregoria pulchra''
* ''Melipotes
''Melipotes'' is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. They have an overall dark plumage and extensive yellow, orange or reddish facial skin. The four allopatric species are restricted to the highland forest of New Guinea. The sister of t ...
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** Arfak honeyeater, ''Melipotes gymnops''
** Common smoky honeyeater, ''Melipotes fumigatus''
** Wattled smoky honeyeater
The wattled smoky honeyeater or Foja honeyeater (''Melipotes carolae'') is a species of honeyeater with a sooty-grey plumage and a black bill. The most distinctive feature is arguably the extensive reddish-orange facial skin and pendulous wattl ...
, ''Melipotes carolae''
** Spangled honeyeater
The spangled honeyeater (''Melipotes ater'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to the Huon Peninsula (Papua New Guinea).
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecosystems are ...
, ''Melipotes ater''
* '' Timeliopsis''
** Olive straightbill, ''Timeliopsis fulvigula'' (New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
)
** Tawny straightbill, ''Timeliopsis griseigula'' (northwestern and southeastern New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
)
* ''Conopophila
''Conopophila'' is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It contains the following species:
The name is derived from the Greek word for gnat, ''conops'', thus a lover of gnats.
References
Conopophila,
Taxonomy articles creat ...
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** Rufous-banded honeyeater, ''Conopophila albogularis''
** Rufous-throated honeyeater, ''Conopophila rufogularis''
** Grey honeyeater
The grey honeyeater (''Conopophila whitei'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family.
It is an uncommon and little-known bird, an often overlooked endemic of remote areas in central Australia.
Taxonomy
Currently placed as a species of th ...
, ''Conopophila whitei''
* ''Ramsayornis
''Ramsayornis'' is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found from Northern Australia to New Guinea. This genus of bird is characterized by the small size, pale ventral plumage with incomplete barring, and unmarked white throat and u ...
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** Bar-breasted honeyeater
The bar-breasted honeyeater (''Ramsayornis fasciatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, ...
, ''Ramsayornis fasciatus''
** Brown-backed honeyeater, ''Ramsayornis modestus''
* '' Acanthagenys''
** Spiny-cheeked honeyeater
The spiny-cheeked honeyeater (''Acanthagenys rufogularis'') is the only species in the genus ''Acanthagenys''. It is large for a honeyeater, ranging from tall and weighing around 52 grams."Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater." Featherdal Wildlife ...
, ''Acanthagenys rufogularis''
* ''Anthochaera
''Anthochaera'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family. The species are endemic to Australia and include the little wattlebird, the red wattlebird, the western wattlebird, and the yellow wattlebird. A molecular phylogenetic study has sh ...
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** Little wattlebird
The little wattlebird (''Anthochaera chrysoptera''), also known as the brush wattlebird, is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found in coastal and sub-coastal south-eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
The little wattlebird wa ...
, ''Anthochaera chrysoptera''
** Western wattlebird
The western wattlebird (''Anthochaera lunulata'') is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is restricted to south-western Australia.
Taxonomy
The species description was published by John Gould in 1838, from a specim ...
, ''Anthochaera lunulata''
** Red wattlebird
The red wattlebird (''Anthochaera carunculata'') is a passerine bird native to southern Australia. At in length, it is the second largest species of Australian honeyeater. It has mainly grey-brown plumage, with red eyes, distinctive pinkish-re ...
, ''Anthochaera carunculata''
** Yellow wattlebird
The yellow wattlebird (''Anthochaera paradoxa'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Other names include the long wattlebird or Tasmanian wattlebird.
Taxonomy
French zoologist François Marie Daudin described the yellow w ...
, ''Anthochaera paradoxa''
** Regent honeyeater
The regent honeyeater (''Anthochaera phrygia'') is a critically endangered bird endemic to southeastern Australia. It is commonly considered a flagship species within its range, with the efforts going into its conservation having positive eff ...
, ''Anthochaera phrygia''
* '' Bolemoreus''
** Bridled honeyeater
The bridled honeyeater (''Bolemoreus frenatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae with distinctive rein-like markings on its face that is endemic to northeastern Queensland. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist upland fore ...
, ''Bolemoreus frenatus''
** Eungella honeyeater, ''Bolemoreus hindwoodi''
* ''Caligavis
''Caligavis'' is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and Australia. It includes former members of ''Lichenostomus'', and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyle ...
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** Yellow-faced honeyeater
The yellow-faced honeyeater (''Caligavis chrysops'') is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear ...
, ''Caligavis chrysops''
** Black-throated honeyeater
The black-throated honeyeater (''Caligavis subfrenata'') 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.
The black-throated honeyeater was original ...
, ''Caligavis subfrenata''
** Obscure honeyeater
The obscure honeyeater (''Caligavis obscura'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. ...
, ''Caligavis obscura''
* ''Lichenostomus
''Lichenostomus'' is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia.
The genus formerly contained twenty species but it was split after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. Former members were ...
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** Yellow-tufted honeyeater
The yellow-tufted honeyeater (''Lichenostomus melanops'') is a passerine bird found in the south-east ranges of Australia. A predominantly black and yellow honeyeater, it is split into four subspecies.
Taxonomy
The yellow-tufted honeyeater was ...
, ''Lichenostomus melanops''
** Purple-gaped honeyeater
The purple-gaped honeyeater (''Lichenostomus cratitius'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to semi-arid southern Australia, where it inhabits Mallee, tall heath and associated low eucalypt woodland.Menkhorst, P., ...
, ''Lichenostomus cratitius''
* ''Manorina
''Manorina'' is a genus of Australian endemic honeyeaters, containing four species: the black-eared miner (''M. melanotis'') the yellow-throated miner (''M. flavigula''), the noisy miner (''M. melanocephala'') and the bell miner (''M. melanoph ...
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** Bell miner
The bell miner (''Manorina melanophrys''), commonly known as the bellbird, is a colonial honeyeater, endemic to southeastern Australia. The common name refers to their bell-like call. 'Miner' is an old alternative spelling of 'myna', and is shar ...
, ''Manorina melanophrys''
** Noisy miner
The noisy miner (''Manorina melanocephala'') is a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, and is endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia. This miner is a grey bird, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow ...
, ''Manorina melanocephala''
** Yellow-throated miner
The yellow-throated miner (''Manorina flavigula'') is a species of colonial honeyeater, endemic to Australia. It is also known as the white-rumped miner. The distinctive white rump is easy to observe in the field and distinguishes it from the ot ...
, ''Manorina flavigula''
** Black-eared miner
The black-eared miner (''Manorina melanotis'') is an endangered honeyeater endemic to mallee woodland in south-eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
''Manorina melanotis'' was identified by Francis Erasmus Wilson in 1911. It is closely related to the mu ...
, ''Manorina melanotis''
* ''Meliarchus''
** Makira honeyeater, ''Meliarchus sclateri''
* ''Vosea''
** Gilliard's honeyeater, ''Vosea whitemanensis''
* ''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
Molecular phylo ...
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** 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''
* ''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- ...
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** 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 ...
, ''Melidectes ochromelas''
** 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 ...
, ''Melidectes leucostephes''
** 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 ...
, ''Melidectes rufocrissalis''
** 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 ...
, ''Melidectes foersteri''
** 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 ...
, ''Melidectes belfordi''
** 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
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, ''Melidectes torquatus''
* ''Purnella''
** White-fronted honeyeater, ''Purnella albifrons''
* '' Stomiopera''
** White-gaped honeyeater
The white-gaped honeyeater (''Stomiopera unicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest ...
, ''Stomiopera unicolor''
** Yellow honeyeater
The yellow honeyeater (''Stomiopera flava'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Overview
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove fore ...
, ''Stomiopera flavus''
* '' Gavicalis''
** Varied honeyeater, ''Gavicalis versicolor''
** Mangrove honeyeater, ''Gavicalis fasciogularis''
** Singing honeyeater
The singing honeyeater (''Gavicalis virescens'') is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The bird lives in a wide range of shrubland, woodland, and coastal habitat. It is relatively common and is wi ...
, ''Gavicalis virescens''
* ''Ptilotula
''Ptilotula '' is a genus of honeyeater consisting of species occurring in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The genus consists of six former members of ''Lichenostomus'', and was created after a molecular analysis showed the genus was polyphylet ...
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** Yellow-tinted honeyeater
The yellow-tinted honeyeater (''Ptilotula flavescens'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or trop ...
, ''Ptilotula flavescens''
** Fuscous honeyeater
The fuscous honeyeater (''Ptilotula fusca'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to eastern Australia.
The fuscous honeyeater is dull grey-brown to olive-brown above with buffy-grey underparts. The bill is black and th ...
, ''Ptilotula fuscus''
** Grey-headed honeyeater
The grey-headed honeyeater (''Ptilotula keartlandi'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Nomenclature, taxonomy and evolutionary history
First described as ''Ptilotis keartlandi'' in 1895 by Australia ...
, ''Ptilotula keartlandi''
** Grey-fronted honeyeater, ''Ptilotula plumulus''
** Yellow-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula ornatus''
** White-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula penicillatus''
* ''Territornis
''Territornis'' is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It contains the following species:
* White-lined honeyeater (''Territornis albilineata'')
* Kimberley honeyeater
The Kimberley honeyeater (''Territornis fordiana'') is a bird in t ...
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** White-lined honeyeater, ''Territornis albilineata''
** Kimberley honeyeater
The Kimberley honeyeater (''Territornis fordiana'') is a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It was formerly lumped with the white-lined honeyeater but, based on a genetic analysis, it is now considered a separate species. Articles publ ...
, ''Territornis fordiana''
** Streak-breasted honeyeater
The streak-breasted honeyeater or streaky-breasted honeyeater (''Territornis reticulata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subt ...
, ''Territornis reticulata''
* ''Microptilotis
''Microptilotis'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
The genus was introduced in 1912 by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews with the graceful honeyeater (''Microptilotis gracilis'') as the type species. The gen ...
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** Mottle-breasted honeyeater, ''Microptilotis mimikae''
** Forest honeyeater, ''Microptilotis montanus''
** Mountain honeyeater, ''Microptilotis orientalis''
** Scrub honeyeater, ''Microptilotis albonotatus''
** Mimic honeyeater, ''Microptilotis analogus''
** Tagula honeyeater
The Tagula honeyeater (''Microptilotis vicina'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independ ...
, ''Microptilotis vicina''
** Graceful honeyeater
The graceful honeyeater (''Microptilotis gracilis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the Aru Islands, southern New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summar ...
, ''Microptilotis gracilis''
** Cryptic honeyeater, ''Microptilotis imitatrix''
** Elegant honeyeater, ''Microptilotis cinereifrons''
** Yellow-gaped honeyeater, ''Microptilotis flavirictus''
* ''Meliphaga
''Meliphaga'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
The genus was introduced by the English artist John Lewin in 1808. The name ''Meliphaga'' combines the Ancient Greek meaning "honey" and meaning eating. The type species ...
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** Puff-backed honeyeater
The puff-backed honeyeater (''Meliphaga aruensis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is widely spread throughout New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mo ...
, ''Meliphaga aruensis''
** Yellow-spotted honeyeater
The yellow-spotted honeyeater (''Meliphaga notata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is also known as the lesser lewin. The bird is endemic to northern Queensland. The bird's common name refers to the yellow patch that membe ...
, ''Meliphaga notata''
** Lewin's honeyeater
Lewin's honeyeater (''Meliphaga lewinii'') is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour.
The name of this bird commemorates the Australian artist John Lewin.
Descri ...
, ''Meliphaga lewinii''
* ''Guadalcanaria''
** Guadalcanal honeyeater, ''Guadalcanaria inexpectata''
* '' Oreornis ''
** Orange-cheeked honeyeater, ''Oreornis chrysogenys'' ( West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
* '' Gymnomyza''
** Yellow-billed honeyeater, ''Gymnomyza viridis''
** Giant honeyeater, ''Gymnomyza brunneirostris''
** Mao, ''Gymnomyza samoensis''
** Crow honeyeater, ''Gymnomyza aubryana''
* '' Myza''
** Dark-eared myza, ''Myza celebensis''
** White-eared myza, ''Myza sarasinorum''
* '' Stresemannia''
** Bougainville honeyeater, ''Stresemannia bougainvillei'' (Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area is ...
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* '' Glycifohia''
** Barred honeyeater, ''Glycifohia undulatus''
** White-bellied honeyeater ''Glycifohia notabilis''
References
Further reading
{{ cite journal , last1=Andersen , first1=M.J. , last2=Naikatini , first2=A. , last3=Moyle , first3=R.C. , year=2014 , title=A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation , journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , volume=71 , pages=308–315 , doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014 , pmid=24315868 ' Lists of birds