Mountain honeyeater

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Mountain honeyeater
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.133925 1 - Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand, 1936 - 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. orientalis
Binomial name
Microptilotis orientalis
(Meyer, 1894)

The mountain honeyeater (Microptilotis orientalis), hill-forest honeyeater or mountain 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 forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Meliphaga orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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