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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 03:13:07 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Smoky Honeyeater*
Id (Atlas):
Melipotes fumigatus
Description (10 )
Other Names (World)
Smoky Honeyeater, Common Smoky Honeyeater, Common Honeyeater, Smoky Bare-eyed Honeyeater, Smoky Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Eastern Smoky Honeyeater, Common Melipotes, Eastern Melipotes
Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)
Size
22 cm
First Described (Guide )
Meyer, 1886
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens.
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A weak 'swit'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)... )
Listen to XC140376
Common Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus ) [XC140376 ]
by Bas van Balen from Tembagapura, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (song)
Listen to XC174587
Common Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus ) [XC174587 ]
by Marc Anderson from near Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater ), Arfak Honeyeater (Melipotes gymnops ) and Foja Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae ).
Subspecies goliathi intergrades with nominate in Herzog Mts.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
fumigatus Meyer, 1886 - Eastern Herzog Mts and mountains of south-eastern New Guinea.
kumawa Diamond, 1985 - Kumawa Mts, in north-western New Guinea (southern Bomberai Peninsula).
goliathi Rothschild & Hartert, 1911 - Central Ranges from Weyland Mts and Nassau Mts east to Bismarck-Kubor Mts (including Mt Bosavi) and western Herzog Mts, also Cyclops Mts and central North Coastal Range (Bewani Mts).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Smoky Honeyeater see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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