Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Bismarck Honeyeater (Melidectes whitemanensis) - HBW 13, p. 611

French: Méliphage de Whiteman German: Gilliardhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero de las Bismarck
Other common names: Bismarck/Gilliard’s/Vose’s/Whiteman (Mountain) Melidectes, New Britain/Gilliard’s Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Vosea whitemanensis Gilliard, 1960, Wild Dog Range, Whiteman Mountains, central New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago.
Affinities uncertain, and sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, ; further research needed. May be closest to M. fuscus. These two, together with M. nouhuysi and M. princeps, comprise a group of medium-sized species that differ from others in genus in size, morphology, plumage and voice. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain (Whiteman Mts, Nakanai Mts and Mt Talawae), in Bismarck Archipelago.