Melidectes
Melidectes
Melidectes is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Nine of its ten species are endemic to New Guinea; the tenth species, Gilliard's melidectes, is endemic to nearby New Britain. Gilliard's melidectes is sometimes considered to constitute its own genus, Vosea, or has been placed with the sooty melidectes, the long-bearded melidectes and the short-bearded melidectes in the genus Melionyx due to similarities in size, plumage and the smaller bare patch around the eye....
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Belford's Melidectes
speciesMelidectes belfordi
Ornate Melidectes
speciesMelidectes torquatus
Yellow-browed Melidectes
speciesMelidectes rufocrissalis
Vogelkop Melidectes
speciesMelidectes leucostephes
Belford's × Yellow-browed Melidectes
hybridMelidectes belfordi × rufocrissalis
Cinnamon-browed Melidectes
speciesMelidectes ochromelas
Huon Melidectes
speciesMelidectes foersteri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12461.