Forest Honeyeater (Microptilotis montanus)

Other Names (World)
Forest Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Forest White-eared Honeyeater, White-eared Mountain Honeyeater, White-marked Scrub Honeyeater, Black-fronted Honeyeater, White-eared Mountain Meliphaga, Forest White-eared Meliphaga, White-eared Mountain Meliphaga

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1880)

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

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Forest Honeyeater (Microptilotis montanus) [XC445211]
by id from Tanah Rubu, Manokwari Regency, West Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Validity of some subspecies, e.g. margaretae, possibly questionable.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

montana (Salvadori, 1880) - Mountains of Vogelkop, Onin Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, and Weyland Mts, in north-western New Guinea.
margaretae Greenway, 1966 - Mountains of Batanta, in West Papuan Is.
steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
sepik Rand, 1936 - Van Rees Mts, Foja Mts, North Coastal Range, and northern slopes of Central Range from Idenburg R east to Schrader Mts.
germanorum E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Cyclops Mts, in northern New Guinea.
huonensis Rand, 1936 - Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula, in north-eastern New Guinea.
aicora Rand, 1936 - Northern slopes in south-eastern New Guinea (east to Sibium Mts and Goodenough Bay), also in southern at Cape Rodney.

References
See References.

Files:

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