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Alternative name: Common Smoky Honeyeater[2]
Photo by djringer
In this image, the bird's facial skin is flushed almost entirely red. The change from yellow to red can be completed in a few seconds.
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
In this image, the bird's facial skin is flushed almost entirely red. The change from yellow to red can be completed in a few seconds.
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
- Melipotes fumigatus
Identification
Distribution
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Melipotes fumigatus has three subspecies:[1]
- M. f. goliathi
- Mountains of central New Guinea
- M. f. fumigatus
- Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea
- M. f. kumawa
- Extreme north-western New Guinea (Kumawa Mountains)
Habitat
Moist montanes.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Smoky Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Smoky_Honeyeater
