Yellow-browed Melidectes
Melidectes rufocrissalis(Reichenow, A, 1915)
English (US) Yellow-browed Melidectes
The Yellow-browed Melidectes (Melidectes rufocrissalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-browed Melidectes
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1915)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Melidectes rufocrissalis rufocrissalis
- Melidectes rufocrissalis thomasi
- Melidectes rufocrissalis stresemanni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Melirrhophetes rufocrissalis
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1915)
- Type locality
- Schraderberg, Sepik Mountains, northern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 63, no.1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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