Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Kadavu Honeyeater (Xanthotis provocator) - HBW 13, p. 690
French: Méliphage de Kandavu
German: Goldaugen-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de la Kandavu
Other common names: Provocator/Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Xanthotis
Taxonomy: Ptilotis provocator E. L. Layard, 1875, Kandavu Island (= Kadavu), Fiji.
Genus formerly subsumed in Meliphaga by some authors. Present species has in the past been placed in genus Foulehaio by some authors; formerly placed also in Meliphacator or Ptilotis, both now defunct. Monotypic.
Distribution: Kadavu, in S Fiji.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird visiting a banana flower, sucking the nectar, calling and flying off. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 36 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding on nectar from a banana flower. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 32 sec 4.3 -
A male looking around on a branch Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 16 August 2007 5 years ago 6 sec 3 -
A male foraging in a tree Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 16 August 2007 5 years ago 2 sec 2.6
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A bird visiting a big flower.
Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 3.7
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A bird singing several times and emiting alternative trills at the end. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
An individual emiting alternative calls. Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
Song by one individual on the forest. Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 32 weeks ago 4
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