Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Tawny Straightbill (Timeliopsis griseigula) - HBW 13, p. 629
French:
Méliphage chamois
German: Geradschnabel-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Habano
Other common names: Tawny Straight-billed/Grey-throated
Straight-billed/Lowland Straight-billed/Babbler Honeyeater,
Grey-throated/Lowland Straightbill
Taxonomy: Euthyrhynchus
griseigula Schlegel, 1871, Sorong, Vogelkop Peninsula, New
Guinea.
Racial
identity of apparently isolated populations of Gogol R, on NE coast
(Madang Province), and R Watut (Morobe Province), on NW coast of SE
peninsula, not certain; tentatively placed in, respectively, nominate
and fulviventris. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- griseigula (Schlegel, 1871) - NW & N New Guinea, from Vogelkop and Bomberai Peninsula (including Kumawa Mts) E to Humboldt Bay and extending to foothills of S Weyland Mts, also isolated population in R Gogol area (Madang Province).
- fulviventris (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) - SE New Guinea on lower R Watut (Morobe Province) and E from R Kumusi and, on S coast, from E Gulf Province.
- Least Concern
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