Mottle-breasted Honeyeater
Meliphaga mimikae(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1911)
English (US) Mottle-breasted Honeyeater
The Mottle-breasted Honeyeater (Meliphaga mimikae) 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: montane west-central to southeastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Meliphaga mimikae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mottle-breasted Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1911)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis mimikae
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1911)
- Type locality
- Mimika River, southern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 29 p.27
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Orange-cheeked Honeyeater
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Yellow-gaped Honeyeater
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Mountain Honeyeater
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Scrub Honeyeater
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Mimic Honeyeater
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Tagula Honeyeater
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Graceful Honeyeater
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