Yellow-gaped Honeyeater (Microptilotis flavirictus) [XC323066]
by id from Kwatu Lodge, Ketu River (Elevala River tributary), Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Yellow-gaped Honeyeater (Microptilotis flavirictus) [XC194123]
by Phil Gregory from Kwatu Lodge, Ketu River (Elevala River tributary), Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade on southern slopes of Snow Mts.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
flavirictus (Salvadori, 1880) - Southern watershed of Central Range from middle and lower Fly R east to southern slopes of south-eastern New Guinea.
crockettorum Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - Western and northern New Guinea from Vogelkop east to Sepik R and Herzog Mts and, in south, to Utakwa R (Nassau Mts), Snow Mts and probably farther eastern towards Fly R.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet