Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Common Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) - HBW 13, p. 632
French: Méliphage enfumé
German: Aschbrust-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Ahumado
Other common names: Common/Smoky Honeyeater, Smoky Bare-eyed/Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Eastern Smoky Honeyeater, Common/Eastern Melipote(s)
Taxonomy: Melipotes fumigatus A. B. Meyer, 1886, Hufeisengebirge (south-east Owen Stanley Range), south-east New Guinea.
Genus closely related to Macgregoria. Forms a superspecies with M. ater, M. gymnops 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 present species (closest known populations in Kumawa Mts, to SE) than like M. gymnops (range to N), and one seen in 1992 had ventral plumage more like that of M. gymnops but facial patch somewhat like that of M. ater (thus unlike those seen in 1981); further research required. Also, ear.. View all taxonomy...
Genus closely related to Macgregoria. Forms a superspecies with M. ater, M. gymnops 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 present species (closest known populations in Kumawa Mts, to SE) than like M. gymnops (range to N), and one seen in 1992 had ventral plumage more like that of M. gymnops but facial patch somewhat like that of M. ater (thus unlike those seen in 1981); further research required. Also, earlier published statements that present species abundant in Foja Mts above 1200 m presumably refer to newly described M. carolae. Race goliathi intergrades with nominate in Herzog Mts. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kumawa Diamond, 1985 - Kumawa Mts, in NW New Guinea (S Bomberai Peninsula).
- goliathi Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1911 - Central Ranges from Weyland Mts and Nassau Mts E to Bismarck-Kubor Mts (including Mt Bosavi) and W Herzog Mts, also Cyclops Mts and C North Coastal Range (Bewani Mts).
- fumigatus A. B. Meyer, 1886 - E Herzog Mts and mountains of SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a bush Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Keith Blomerley 17 August 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A bird with its eye patch flushed red Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Keith Blomerley 17 August 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird feeding in a tree and flying Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp goliathi)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2005 5 years ago 4 sec 2.2
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Lateral view of perched bird
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp goliathi)
Mikko Pyhälä 13 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Bird with naked face-patch flushed bright red, on feeder
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 4 September 2007 17 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird perched
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 12 August 2008 3 years ago 3.6
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