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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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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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.