Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Yellow-gaped Honeyeater (Meliphaga flavirictus) - HBW 13, p. 593
French:
Méliphage souriant
German: Gelbkinn-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero
Sonriente
Other common names: Yellow-gaped Meliphaga
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
flavirictus Salvadori, 1880, Fly River, south New Guinea.
On
basis of molecular evidence, genus consists of two clades; present
species is part of group which contains also M. orientalis, M.
analoga, M. albonotata, M. vicina, M. gracilis,
M. cinereifrons, M. mimikae, M. montana, M.
albilineata, M. fordiana and M. reticulata. Races
intergrade on S slopes of Snow Mts. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- crockettorum Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - W & N New Guinea from Vogelkop E to Sepik R and Herzog Mts and, in S, to Utakwa R (Nassau Mts), Snow Mts and probably farther E towards Fly R.
- flavirictus (Salvadori, 1880) - S watershed of Central Range from middle and lower Fly R E to S slopes of SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern
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