Mountain Honeyeater
Meliphaga orientalis(Meyer, AB, 1894)
English (US) Mountain Honeyeater
The Mountain Honeyeater (Meliphaga orientalis) 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
- Meliphaga orientalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1894)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Meliphaga orientalis facialis
- Meliphaga orientalis becki
- Meliphaga orientalis orientalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis flavirictus orientalis
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1894)
- Type locality
- southeastern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 42, no.1 p.92
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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