Ornate Melidectes
Melidectes torquatus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melidectes
- eBird Code
- ornmel1
Subspecies (4)
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Melidectes torquatus cahni
northeastern New Guinea (mountains of Huon Peninsula)
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Melidectes torquatus emilii
mountains of southeastern New Guinea
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Melidectes torquatus polyphonus
northeastern New Guinea (Bismarck Range to Herzog Mountains)
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Melidectes torquatus torquatus
northwestern to west-central New Guinea
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.