Meliphaga montana (Salvadori, 1880)

Diamond, Jared & Bishop, K. David, 2021, Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains’ only endemic bird species?, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 75-108 : 95

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D2353AF-B244-409B-AF02-944A06062AE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12734015

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0388A018-FFE5-FFCF-C4A0-FAF2FBB6C7E5

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Meliphaga montana
status

 

WHITE-EARED MELIPHAGA Meliphaga montana View in CoL

Identifiedȱvocallyȱbyȱitsȱdistinctiveȱupslurredȱ wheep note, and visually by its white ear, dull dark almost brownish upperparts, and heavier bill than M. orientalis of the same elevations. Noisy wingbeats, unusual for a small passerine. In small numbers from 1,020 to 1,255 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Meliphagidae

Genus

Meliphaga

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