Mountain honeyeater

Mountain honeyeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Meliphaga
Species: M. orientalis
Binomial name
Meliphaga orientalis
(Meyer, 1894)

The mountain honeyeater, hill-forest honeyeater, or mountain meliphaga (Meliphaga orientalis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Meliphaga orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.


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