Rufous-sided Honeyeater (Ptiloprora erythropleura)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-sided Honeyeater, Rufous-sided Streaked Honeyeater, Red-sided Honeyeater, Red-sided Streaked Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1876)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

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

Rufous-sided Honeyeater (Ptiloprora erythropleura) [XC75796]
by id from Japan Camp, Arfak Mts., Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia, Indonesia (song)

Rufous-sided Honeyeater (Ptiloprora erythropleura) [XC209663]
by Todd Mark from Arfak Mountain Trek, near Mokwan Village, West Papua >1800m (approx), Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Mayr's Honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri), Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) and Grey-streaked Honeyeater (Ptiloprora perstriata).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

erythropleura (Salvadori, 1876) - Mountains of Vogelkop and Bomberai Peninsula, in north-western New Guinea.
dammermani Stresemann & Paludan, 1934 - Weyland Mts east to Nassau Range and Oranje Mts, in western New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-sided Honeyeater (Ptiloprora erythropleura) - 5 files

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