Mountain honeyeater

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Mountain honeyeater
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.133925 1 - Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand, 1936 - Meliphagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Microptilotis
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Microptilotis orientalis
(Meyer, 1894)

The mountain honeyeater (Microptilotis orientalis), hill-forest honeyeater or mountain meliphaga, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Microptilotis orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22703990A130244608. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703990A130244608.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.