Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Spotted Honeyeater (Xanthotis polygrammus) - HBW 13, p. 688
French: Méliphage moucheté
German: Drosselhonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Manchado
Other common names: Spotted Xanthotis, Gray's/Many-spotted Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis polygramma G. R. Gray, 1862, Waigeo, West Papuan Islands.
Genus formerly subsumed in Meliphaga by some authors. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- polygrammus (G. R. Gray, 1862) - Waigeo, in West Papuan Is.
- kuehni E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Misool, in West Papuan Is.
- poikilosternos A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Salawati (in West Papuan Is), and mountains of NW & W New Guinea (Vogelkop and E at least to Victor Emanuel Mts).
- polygrammus (G. R. Gray, 1862) - Waigeo, in West Papuan Is.
- kuehni E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Misool, in West Papuan Is.
- poikilosternos A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Salawati (in West Papuan Is), and mountains of NW & W New Guinea (Vogelkop and E at least to Victor Emanuel Mts).
- septentrionalis Mayr, 1931 - mountains of N New Guinea from Mamberamo R E, including Cyclops Mts and mountains of Sepik R region, to Adelbert Mts.
- lophotis Mayr, 1931 - mountains of Huon Peninsula and SE New Guinea (E from at least Karimui).
- candidior Mayr & Rand, 1935 - S New Guinea (S Trans-Fly region).
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A bird feeding.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp septentrionalis)
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