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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
- 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.
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bismarck Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bismarck_Honeyeater