Melipotes

Genus of birds


Melipotes
Common smoky honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melipotes
P.L. Sclater, 1874
Type species
Melipotes gymnops[1]
Sclater, 1874

Melipotes is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. They have an overall dark plumage and extensive yellow, orange or reddish facial skin. The four allopatric species are restricted to the highland forest 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.

Species

Melipotes contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Melipotes ater Spangled honeyeater Papua New Guinea[2]
Melipotes fumigatus Common smoky honeyeater New Guinea[3]
Melipotes gymnops Arfak honeyeater West Papua, Indonesia[4]
Melipotes carolae Wattled smoky honeyeater New Guinea[5]

References

  1. ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ "Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater)". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Common smoky honeyeater". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Arfak Honeyeater (Melipotes gymnops)". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Foja Honeyeater". Avibase-The World Bird Database. Retrieved 16 September 2019.


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