Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Olive-streaked Honeyeater (Ptiloprora meekiana) - HBW 13, p. 657
French:
Méliphage de Meek
German: Meekhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero de Meek
Other common names: Yellowish(-streaked)/Meek’s (Streaked)
Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
meekiana Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1907, Upper Aroa
River, south-east New Guinea.
In
E New Guinea, isolated records at Tari Gap (Southern Highlands),
Trauna Gap, near Baiyer River Sanctuary (Central Highlands), and Mt
Michael (Eastern Highlands) involve birds of unknown racial identity;
may represent an undescribed race (but specimen from Mt Michael
intermediate between occidentalis and nominate). Two
subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidentalis Rand, 1940 - upper slopes of E Nassau Mts and W Oranje Mts, in W New Guinea.
- meekiana (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1907) - Saruwaged Mts (Huon Peninsula), Herzog Mts and mountains of SE New Guinea (including upper Mambare R and Mt Tafa-Efogi area).
- Least Concern
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