Mountain Honeyeater (Microptilotis orientalis) [XC38267]
by Frank Lambert from Kama Village (Anji Valley) nr Mt Hagen Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Mountain Honeyeater (Microptilotis orientalis) [XC542452]
by id from Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies citreola originally considered an altitudinal variant of Mimic Honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus). Racial identity of populations of Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts, Wandammen Mts and Foja Mts not certain; possibly all belong in facialis, or Foja birds possibly in citreola, or some or all may represent undescribed subspecies. Also, birds of this species recorded in Adelbert Mts of uncertain racial identity, tentatively included in becki.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
orientalis (Meyer, 1894) - Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea eastern from Mambere R and, in south, from at least Angabunga R and including Aseki area (Morobe Province).
facialis Rand, 1936 - Mountains of Waigeo (West Papuan Is), and of Vogelkop, Fakfak, Kumawa and Wandammen Mts and Central Range of New Guinea (from Weyland Mts and southern slopes of Snow Mts) east to Okapa region of eastern Highlands.
citreola Rand, 1941 - Northern slopes of Snow Mts and central North Coastal Range (Bewani Mts, Torricelli Mts and Prince Alexander Mts).
becki Rand, 1936 - Adelbert Mts and mountains from Huon Peninsula south to Wau region, in north-eastern New Guinea.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet