Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Puff-backed Honeyeater (Meliphaga aruensis) - HBW 13, p. 590
French:
Méliphage bouffant
German: Aruhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero de las Aru
Other common names: Large-tufted Honeyeater, Puff-backed/Large-tufted
Meliphaga
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
aruensis Sharpe, 1884, Aru Islands.
Molecular
evidence suggests genus consists of two clades; present species forms
group with M. lewinii and M. notata. Population in SE
New Guinea genetically distinct, and may constitute a separate
species; taxon as yet undescribed. Detailed analysis of geographical
variation currently in progress, to determine affinities, status and
distribution of component forms; E limits of nominate race and W
limits of SE form not currently known. Two subspecies currently
recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sharpei (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1903) - West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Misool), NW & N mainland New Guinea E, including Yapen I and nearby Keboi I (in Geelvink Bay), to at least Kumusi R, and D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (including Goodenough I and Fergusson I) and Trobriand Is (including Kiriwani).
- aruensis (Sharpe, 1884) - Aru Is, and SW & S New Guinea (E to about Karema and Hall Sound).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched nervous bird.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp sharpei)
mehdhalaouate 10 September 2006 3 years ago 3
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song rapid trill Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp aruensis)
Niels Poul Dreyer 7 July 1990 3 years ago 3 -
"chup" with 3 whistled notes repeated 2-5 times Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp aruensis)
Niels Poul Dreyer 7 July 1990 3 years ago 3
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