Black-throated Honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata)

Other Names (World)
Black-throated Honeyeater, Black-fronted Honeyeater, Sub-bridled Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1876)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

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 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft 'whik whik' call. A loud, bubbling song.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Black-throated Honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata) [XC279398]
by Rolf A. de By from \, Papua New Guinea (call, song)

Black-throated Honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata) [XC40291]
by Scott Connop from Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Meliphaga. Present species sometimes placed in Oreornis. Forms a distinctive species group with Obscure Honeyeater (Caligavis obscura), Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus), Eungella Honeyeater (Bolemoreus hindwoodi) and Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), and all sometimes combined in a separate genus, Caligavis. Subspecies albilineata and fordiana of White-lined Honeyeater (Microptilotis albilineatus) once considered to be closely related to present species. Geographical variation partly clinal, plumage becoming darker from west to east.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

subfrenata (Salvadori, 1876) - Arfak Mts, in north-western New Guinea.
utakwensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1915) - Weyland Mts and southern slopes of Central Ranges (including Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts) east to Hindenburg Range, in west-central New Guinea.
melanolaema (Reichenow, 1915) - Northern slopes of Central Ranges (including Nassau and Oranje Ranges) east to Victor Emanuel and Schrader Ranges.
salvadorii (E. J. O. Hartert, 1896) - Mountains of eastern New Guinea (eastern from Wharton, Bismarck, Kubor and Saruwaged Ranges).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-throated Honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata) - 6 files

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