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Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Melidectes

Ornate Melidectes

Melidectes torquatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ornmel1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melidectes

Subspecies (4)

Melidectes torquatus cahni

northeastern New Guinea (mountains of Huon Peninsula)
Melidectes torquatus emilii

mountains of southeastern New Guinea
Melidectes torquatus polyphonus

northeastern New Guinea (Bismarck Range to Herzog Mountains)
Melidectes torquatus torquatus

northwestern to west-central New Guinea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ornmel1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.