Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Forest Honeyeater (Meliphaga montana) - HBW 13, p. 593
French:
Méliphage forestier
German: Bergwaldhonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero
Montano
Other common names: (Forest) White-eared/(White-eared)
Mountain/White-marked Scrub/Black-fronted Honeyeater, (Forest)
White-eared/(White-eared) Mountain Meliphaga
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
montana Salvadori, 1880, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
On
basis of molecular evidence, genus consists of two clades; present
species is part of group which contains also M. orientalis, M.
analoga, M. albonotata, M. vicina, M. gracilis,
M. cinereifrons, M. mimikae, M. flavirictus, M.
albilineata, M. fordiana and M. reticulata.
Previously considered conspecific with M. albonotata. Validity
of some races, e.g. margaretae, possibly questionable. Birds
of this species in Van Rees Mts and Foja Mts of uncertain racial
identity, provisionally included in .. View all taxonomy...
On basis of molecular evidence, genus consists of two clades; present species is part of group which contains also M. orientalis, M. analoga, M. albonotata, M. vicina, M. gracilis, M. cinereifrons, M. mimikae, M. flavirictus, M. albilineata, M. fordiana and M. reticulata. Previously considered conspecific with M. albonotata. Validity of some races, e.g. margaretae, possibly questionable. Birds of this species in Van Rees Mts and Foja Mts of uncertain racial identity, provisionally included in sepik. Seven subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- margaretae Greenway, 1966 - mountains of Batanta, in West Papuan Is.
- montana (Salvadori, 1880) - mountains of Vogelkop, Onin Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, and Weyland Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
- margaretae Greenway, 1966 - mountains of Batanta, in West Papuan Is.
- montana (Salvadori, 1880) - mountains of Vogelkop, Onin Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, and Weyland Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
- sepik Rand, 1936 - Van Rees Mts, Foja Mts, North Coastal Range, and N slopes of Central Range from Idenburg R E to Schrader Mts.
- germanorum E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Cyclops Mts, in N New Guinea.
- huonensis Rand, 1936 - Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula, in NE New Guinea.
- aicora Rand, 1936 - N slopes in SE New Guinea (E to Sibium Mts and Goodenough Bay), also in S at Cape Rodney.
- Least Concern
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