- Microptilotis gracilis
Meliphaga gracilis
Identification
15–17 cm
- Olive-grey upperside and fore-end of underside
- Rear underside pale grey to off-white
- Orange-yellow gape
- Very rounded yellow ear-spot
- Iris brown
- Bill dark, slightly down-curved.
Similar species
Cryptic Honeyeater differs in darker underside color, details of head ornaments, and eye color. Also compare with Yellow-spotted Honeyeater.
Distribution
Asia and Australasia
Southern New Guinea, Arus, islands in southern Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula
Taxonomy
This species formerly included Cryptic Honeyeater.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Woodlands, rain forest and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruit, nectar and insects.
Vocalisation
Complex with about 12 separate vocalization types given. A frequent song is a low piping series lasting for seconds with about 5 notes per second.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
- Paper describing the differences eventually leading to separation of Cryptic Honeyeater from Graceful Honeyeater
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Graceful Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Graceful_Honeyeater
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
