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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
27 cm. Light blue bare face skin and whitish wattles, black crown, lores, cheeks, and throat, white brow stripe, broad white streaks at side of throat, grey underparts, brownish belly and undertail. | 27 cm. Light blue bare face skin and whitish wattles, black crown, lores, cheeks, and throat, white brow stripe, broad white streaks at side of throat, grey underparts, brownish belly and undertail. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | + | Was considered conspecific with [[Vogelkop Melidectes]]. | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 16 December 2008
- Melidectes belfordi
Identification
27 cm. Light blue bare face skin and whitish wattles, black crown, lores, cheeks, and throat, white brow stripe, broad white streaks at side of throat, grey underparts, brownish belly and undertail.
Distribution
New Guinea and Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Several subspecies.
Was considered conspecific with Vogelkop Melidectes.
Habitat
Mountain rainforests, and shrubbery in subalpine grasslands.
Behaviour
The diet includes nectar, arthropods, and some fruit.
Its deep cup-shaped nest is made of moss, twigs, and hairs from the fronds of tree ferns.
