Mountain Honeyeater
Meliphaga orientalis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Meliphaga
- eBird Code
- moumel1
Subspecies (3)
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Meliphaga orientalis becki
New Guinea (northern slope of the western and central highlands, also the northern ranges from the Foja Mountains eastward to the Huon Peninsula)
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Meliphaga orientalis facialis
New Guinea (highlands of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and the southern slope of the highlands eastward to the Eastern Range), also Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
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Meliphaga orientalis orientalis
mountains of southeastern New Guinea
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.