Mottle-breasted honeyeater

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Mottle-breasted honeyeater
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.133916 1 - Meliphaga mimikae mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) - Meliphagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Microptilotis
Species:
M. mimikae
Binomial name
Microptilotis mimikae

The mottle-breasted honeyeater (Microptilotis mimikae), also known as the spot-breasted meliphaga, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Meliphaga mimikae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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