Smoky Honeyeater and Allies
Melipotes
Melipotes is a genus of bird in the Meliphagidae family. They have an overall dark plumage and extensive yellow, orange or reddish facial skin. The four allopatric species are restricted to the highland forests of New Guinea. The sister of this genus is Macgregoria; a genus where the single species until recently was regarded as a bird-of-paradise.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Smoky Honeyeater
speciesMelipotes fumigatus
Arfak Honeyeater
speciesMelipotes gymnops
Spangled Honeyeater
speciesMelipotes ater
Foja Honeyeater
speciesMelipotes carolae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 12489.