Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
San Cristobal Honeyeater (Meliarchus sclateri) - HBW 13, p. 615
French: Méliphage de San Cristobal
German: Rostschwanz-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de San Cristóbal
Other common names: San Cristobal/Makira Melidectes, Graceless Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Philemon Sclateri G. R. Gray, 1870, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Relationships uncertain; has sometimes been placed in genus Melidectes, and has also been placed close to monotypic Acanthagenys. Monotypic.
Distribution: San Cristobal, in E Solomon Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched on a branch, preening. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 3.4 -
A bird on a branch preening the wing, scratching the head, calling several times and flying away. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 3.4
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 1.9
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Calls by one bird, first four, then two more. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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