Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-backed Honeyeater, Red-backed Honeyeater, Green-eyed Honeyeater, Guise’s Honeyeater, Brown-backed Streaked Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
16 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(De Vis, 1894)

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

Range (Guide)

Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) [XC87562]
by Juha Honkala from Maruba River, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) [XC26775]
by Iain Woxvold from 'Warili Lodge' near Tari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Rufous-sided Honeyeater (Ptiloprora erythropleura), Mayr's Honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri) and Black-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora perstriata). May form a superspecies with Mayr's Honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

guisei (De Vis, 1894) - Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea, eastern from Bismarck and Kubor Ranges and Herzog Mts.
umbrosa Mayr, 1931 - Adelbert Mts, Mt Bosavi, Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), Schrader Range and eastern Highlands (western at least to Tari), in north-eastern and eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) - 6 files

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