Nest
Deeply cup-shaped, composed of grey-green moss, lined with fine fibers, placed in a rainforest tree, about 3 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; buff-cream, blotched brown at the larger end; oval; 22 x 16 mm. Incubation: possibly 12 - 14 days.
Young
Fed by both parents. Fledge in about 14 - 15 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus often subsumed in Meliphaga. Present species sometimes placed in Oreornis. Forms a distinctive species group with Black-throated Honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata), Obscure Honeyeater (Caligavis obscura), Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus) and Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), and all sometimes combined in a separate genus, Caligavis. Formerly considered to be an outlying population of Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus).
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