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 LC    Mimic Honeyeater* Id (Atlas):
    Microptilotis analogus

Description (9)
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Other Names (World)
Mimic Honeyeater, Mimic Meliphaga, Yellow-spotted Meliphaga, Mimetic Honeyeater, Allied Honeyeater, Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
15.50 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenbach, 1852)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland. Also, ubtropical and tropical montane moist forest, mangroves, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Mimic Honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus) [XC530374]
     by id from near Marandan Weser, Batanta, Indonesia (call)

 
Mimic Honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus) [XC22536]
     by Frank Lambert from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • analoga (Reichenbach, 1852)   -  West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and most of mainland New Guinea.
  • papuae Salomonsen, 1966   -  Southern New Guinea (Fly River to Hall Sound).
  • flavida Stresemann and Paludan, 1932   -  Yapen I and Meos Num (in Geelvink Bay), and northern New Guinea Eastern, including Kairiru I and Mushu I (off Wewak), to Astrolabe Bay.
  • longirostris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911)   -  Aru Is.
  • connectens Salomonsen, 1966   -  Lowlands of northern New Guinea (Wewak to Huon Gulf).



References
See References.


Files:
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