Spangled Honeyeater
Melipotes aterRothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1911
English (US) Spangled Honeyeater
The Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater) 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: northeastern New Guinea (montane forest of Huon Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melipotes ater
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spangled Honeyeater
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1911
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1911
- Type locality
- Rawlinson Mountains, Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 29 p.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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