Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melidectes princeps) - HBW 13, p. 612

French: Méliphage à barbe longue German: Langbart-Honigfresser Spanish: Mielero Barbilargo
Other common names: Long-bearded Melidectes

Taxonomy: Melidectes princeps Mayr and Gilliard, 1951, Mount Wilhelm, Bismarck Range, east New Guinea.
Study of relationships within genus needed. Forms a superspecies with M. nouhuysi, and both species, together with M. fuscus, are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Melionyx; these three, along with M. whitemanensis, comprise a group of medium-sized species that differ from others in genus in size, morphology, plumage and voice. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mt Giluwe, Mt Hagen, Kubor Range (including Mt Kubor, Mt Kinkain and Mt Orata, and Minj-Nona Divide), Bismarck Range (Mt Wilhelm), Mt Michael and Kratke Ranges, in east-central New Guinea.