Orange-cheeked Honeyeater
Meliphaga chrysogenys(van Oort, ED, 1910)
English (US) Orange-cheeked Honeyeater
The Orange-cheeked Honeyeater (Meliphaga chrysogenys) 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: west-central New Guinea (timberline zone of Snow Mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Meliphaga chrysogenys
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-cheeked Honeyeater
- Described by
- (van Oort, ED, 1910)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreornis chrysogenys
- Described by
- (van Oort, ED, 1910)
- Type locality
- 4,150 m., Oranje Mountains.
- Original description
- Notes from the Leyden Museum 32 p.215
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Mountain Honeyeater
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Mimic Honeyeater
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