Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Arfak Honeyeater (Melipotes gymnops) - HBW 13, p. 632
French: Méliphage à ventre tacheté
German: Fleckenbauch-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de las Arfak
Other common names: Arfak/Western Melipotes, Bare-eyed/Western Smoky/Large/Spot-bellied Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Melipotes gymnops P. L. Sclater, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, north-west New Guinea.
Genus closely related to Macgregoria. Forms a superspecies with M. ater, M. fumigatus and M. carolae. Status and affinities of populations of this genus in Fakfak Mts (Onin Peninsula) not known: three sightings in 1981 of honeyeaters that looked more like M. fumigatus (closest known populations in Kumawa Mts, to SE) than like present species (range to N), and one seen in 1992 had ventral plumage more like that of present species but facial patch somewhat like that of M. ater (thus unlike those seen in 1981); further research required. Monotyp.. View all taxonomy...
Genus closely related to Macgregoria. Forms a superspecies with M. ater, M. fumigatus and M. carolae. Status and affinities of populations of this genus in Fakfak Mts (Onin Peninsula) not known: three sightings in 1981 of honeyeaters that looked more like M. fumigatus (closest known populations in Kumawa Mts, to SE) than like present species (range to N), and one seen in 1992 had ventral plumage more like that of present species but facial patch somewhat like that of M. ater (thus unlike those seen in 1981); further research required. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts and Wandammen Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- Least Concern
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