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Melidectes whitemanensis

Identification

22.5cm

  • Drab-coloured
  • Yellowy-olive wing patch
  • Narrow area of bare skin behind the eye
  • Long curved bill (around 1.5 times the length of head)

Distribution

Australasia: found in Papua New Guinea (central New Britain of the Bismarck Archipelago).

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Lowland moist forests between 1,200 and 1,800 m.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BirdLife International

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