Macgregor's Honeyeater (Macgregoria pulchra)

Other Names (World)
MacGregor's Honeyeater, MacGregor’s Bird, MacGregor’s Lappetface, MacGregor’s Bird-of-paradise, Orange-wattled Bird-of-paradise, Ochre-winged Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
39 - 40 cm

First Described (Guide)
De Vis, 1897

Habitat
Subalpine forest, including patches within alpine grassland. From 3,200 - 3,500 m, but occasionally from 2,700 - 4,000 m.

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 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Calls constantly. A rapidly repeated 'jeet..jeet..' and a longer, softer 'peer'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

MacGregor's Honeyeater (Macgregoria pulchra) [XC377754]
by id from Walelagama, Kabupaten Jayawijaya, Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Formerly considered a bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), but molecular analyses indicate that it is a honeyeater, closely related to Melipotes.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pulchra De Vis, 1897 - Disjunctly on highest peaks of central Owen Stanley Range (Mt Strong-Chapman, Mt Albert Edward, Mt Scratchley, Mt Victoria, Mt Batchelor), in south-eastern New Guinea.
carolinae Junge, 1939 - Discontinuously in Snow Mts and Oranje Mts (Mt Carstenz, Carstenz Meadow, Kemabu Plateau, Mt Wilhelmina, L Habbema) and Star Mts (Mt Capella, Dokfuma Meadow), in western and central New Guinea.

Similar Species
Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) which is dark with yellow eye-patches but lacks wing-patches and is much smaller.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Macgregors Honeyeater (Macgregoria pulchra) - 10 files

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