Yellow-browed melidectes

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Yellow-browed melidectes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melidectes
Species:
M. rufocrissalis
Binomial name
Melidectes rufocrissalis
(Reichenow, 1915)

The yellow-browed melidectes (Melidectes rufocrissalis), also known as the yellow-browed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Melidectes rufocrissalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22704280A130259657. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704280A130259657.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.