| Ornate melidectes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melidectes |
| Species: | M. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL, 1874 | |
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