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Mimic Honeyeater

Meliphaga analoga(Reichenbach, HGL, 1852)

English (US) Mimic Honeyeater

The Mimic Honeyeater (Meliphaga analoga) 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.

Range: New Guinea including western Papuan islands and Aru IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Meliphaga analoga
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Mimic Honeyeater
Described by
(Reichenbach, HGL, 1852)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Ptilotis analoga
Described by
(Reichenbach, HGL, 1852)
Type locality
'Oceanien' [error for Triton Bay, western New Guinea]. Based on Ptilotis analogue Hombron and Jacquinot, Voy. Pole Sud, Zool., 3, atlas pi. 17, fig. 2; cf. Rand, 1936, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 872, p. 13.
Original description
Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie no.9 (Meropinae) p.103 tab.467 no.3332

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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