Elegant Honeyeater
Meliphaga cinereifronsRand, AL, 1936
English (US) Elegant Honeyeater
The Elegant Honeyeater (Meliphaga cinereifrons) 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: southeastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Meliphaga cinereifrons
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Honeyeater
- Described by
- Rand, AL, 1936
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Meliphaga gracilis cinereifrons
- Described by
- Rand, AL, 1936
- Type locality
- Rona, Central Division, Territory of Papua, southeastern New Guinea.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.872 p.20
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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