Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Mayr's Honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri) - HBW 13, p. 658

French: Méliphage de Mayr German: Mayrhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero de Mayr
Other common names: Mayr’s Streaked Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Ptiloprora guisei mayri E. J. O. Hartert, 1930, Cyclops Mountains, north New Guinea.
Formerly considered conspecific with P. erythropleura, P. guisei and P. perstriata, but the four differ in size, plumage (crown colour, dorsal coloration, colour of wing-covert edgings, distinctness of ventral spotting, flank colour) and iris colour. May form a superspecies with P. guisei, and often treated as conspecific with that species alone, but comparative studies indicate that the two are better considered separate species. Two subspecies recognized.

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