Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Cinnamon-browed Honeyeater (Melidectes ochromelas) - HBW 13, p. 612
French: Méliphage à sourcils roux
German: Rostohr-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Cejirrufo
Other common names: Cinnamon-browed/Dark-mantled/Mid-mountain Melidectes, Dark-mantled/Mid-mountain Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Melirrhophetes ochromelas A. B. Meyer, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, north-west New Guinea.
Study of relationships within genus needed. Present species and M. leucostephes, M. belfordi, M. rufocrissalis, M. foersteri and M. torquatus comprise a group of relatively large species that differ from others in genus in size, morphology, plumage and voice. Birds in Weyland Mts intermediate between nominate race and batesi, and currently included within latter. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ochromelas (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - mountains of Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts) and Wandammen Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- batesi (Sharpe, 1886) - Weyland Mts, S slopes of Nassau Mts and mountains of SE New Guinea.
- lucifer Mayr, 1931 - mountains of Huon Peninsula, in NE New Guinea.
- Least Concern
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