Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater) - HBW 13, p. 632

French: Méliphage pailleté German: Huonhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero Moteado
Other common names: Black/Huon Honeyeater, Huon Melipotes

Taxonomy: Melipotes ater Rothschild and E. J. O. Hartert, 1911, Rawlinson Mountains, Huon Peninsula, north-east New Guinea.
Genus closely related to Macgregoria. Forms a superspecies with M. gymnops, M. fumigatus and M. carolae. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of Huon Peninsula, in NE New Guinea.