Arfak Honeyeater
Melipotes gymnopsSclater, PL, 1874
English (US) Arfak Honeyeater
The Arfak Honeyeater (Melipotes gymnops) 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: northwestern New Guinea (Arfak, Tamrau, and Wandammen mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melipotes gymnops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Arfak Honeyeater
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1874
- Type locality
- Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, northwestern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873, pt.3 p.695 pl.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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