List of honeyeaters explained
Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae. They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.
Family: Meliphagidae[1]
- Sugomel
- Myzomela
- Drab myzomela, Myzomela blasii (Salvadori, 1882) (southern Moluccan Islands of Ceram and Ambon)
- White-chinned myzomela, Myzomela albigula Hartert, EJO, 1898 (southeast Papua New Guinea)
- Ruby-throated myzomela, Myzomela eques (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) (New Guinea and the islands of Waigeo, Salawati, Misool, New Britain, and Umboi)
- Dusky honeyeater, Myzomela obscura Gould, 1843 (northern Moluccas, New Guinea, Aru Islands, northern and northeastern Australia, and southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Red myzomela, Myzomela cruentata Meyer, AB, 1874 (New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago)
- Papuan black myzomela, Myzomela nigrita Gray, GR, 1858 (New Guinea, Aru Islands and Waigeo island)
- New Ireland myzomela, Myzomela pulchella Salvadori, 1891 (New Ireland and the eastern Bismarck Archipelago)
- Mountain myzomela, Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori, 1876 (New Guinea)
- Wetar myzomela, Myzomela kuehni Rothschild, 1903 (central Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Sumba myzomela, Myzomela dammermani Siebers, 1928 (southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Red-headed myzomela, Myzomela erythrocephala Gould, 1840 (southern New Guinea, Aru Islands, and northern Australia)
- Sulawesi myzomela, Myzomela chloroptera Walden, 1872 (Sulawesi and northern Moluccas)
- Wakolo myzomela, Myzomela wakoloensis Forbes, HO, 1883 (southern Moluccas)
- Banda myzomela, Myzomela boiei (Müller, S, 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands, Banda Islands, and Tanimbar Islands)
- Taliabu myzomela, Myzomela wahe Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Wu, MY, 2020 (the island of Taliabu)
- Scarlet myzomela, Myzomela sanguinolenta (Latham, 1801) (eastern Australia)
- New Caledonian myzomela, Myzomela caledonica Forbes, WA, 1879 (new Caledonia)
- Micronesian myzomela, Myzomela rubrata (Mariana Islands, Palau, and Caroline Islands)
- Cardinal myzomela, Myzomela cardinalis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) (southeastern Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Samoa)
- Rotuma myzomela, Myzomela chermesina Gray, GR, 1846 (northwestern Fiji)
- Sclater's myzomela, Myzomela sclateri Forbes, WA, 1879 (small islands off northeast coast of New Guinea and New Britain)
- Bismarck black myzomela, Myzomela pammelaena Sclater, PL, 1877 (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Red-capped myzomela, Myzomela lafargei Pucheran, 1853 (Solomon Islands)
- Crimson-rumped myzomela, Myzomela eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1901 (central Solomon Islands)
- Black-headed myzomela, Myzomela melanocephala (Ramsay, EP, 1879) (Solomon Islands)
- Red-vested myzomela, Myzomela malaitae Mayr, 1931 (southeastern Solomon Islands)
- Sooty myzomela, Myzomela tristrami Ramsay, EP, 1881 (southern Solomon Islands)
- Orange-breasted myzomela, Myzomela jugularis Peale, 1849 (Fiji)
- Black-bellied myzomela, Myzomela erythromelas Salvadori, 1881 (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Black-breasted myzomela, Myzomela vulnerata (Müller, S, 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Red-collared myzomela, Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 (New Guinea)
- Gliciphila
- Glycichaera
- Ptiloprora
- Leaden honeyeater, Ptiloprora plumbea (Salvadori, 1895)
- Rufous-sided honeyeater, Ptiloprora erythropleura (Salvadori, 1876)
- Rufous-backed honeyeater, Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis, 1894)
- Mayr's honeyeater, Ptiloprora mayri Hartert, EJO, 1930
- Yellowish-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora meekiana (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1907)
- Grey-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora perstriata (De Vis, 1898)
- Acanthorhynchus
- Certhionyx
- Prosthemadera
- Tūī or parson bird. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Anthornis
- Pycnopygius
- Cissomela
- Lichmera
- Olive honeyeater, Lichmera argentauris (Finsch, 1871) (Moluccas and western islands of Papua New Guinea)
- Indonesian honeyeater, Lichmera (indistincta) limbata (Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) (Aru Islands, central-southern New Guinea, Australia)
- Dark-brown honeyeater, Lichmera incana (Latham, 1790) (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Vanuatu)
- Scaly-breasted honeyeater, Lichmera squamata (Salvadori, 1878) (Lesser Sunda Islands and Kai Island)
- Silver-eared honeyeater, Lichmera alboauricularis (Ramsay, EP, 1878) (north-central and southeastern New Guinea)
- Buru honeyeater, Lichmera deningeri (Stresemann, 1912) (Buru)
- Seram honeyeater, Lichmera monticola (Stresemann, 1912) (Seram)
- Flame-eared honeyeater, Lichmera flavicans (Vieillot, 1817) (Timor)
- Black-necklaced honeyeater, Lichmera notabilis (Finsch, 1898) (Wetar)
- Phylidonyris
- Trichodere
- Grantiella
- Plectorhyncha
- Xanthotis
- Meliphacator
- Philemon
- Meyer's friarbird, Philemon meyeri Salvadori, 1878
- Brass's friarbird, Philemon brassi Rand, 1940
- Little friarbird, Philemon citreogularis (Gould, 1837)
- Grey friarbird, Philemon kisserensis Meyer, AB, 1884 (sometimes considered as a subspecies of the little friarbird Philemon citreogularis kisserensis)
- Timor friarbird, Philemon inornatus (Gray, GR, 1846)
- Morotai friarbird, Philemon fuscicapillus (Wallace, 1862)
- Seram friarbird, Philemon subcorniculatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Buru friarbird, Philemon moluccensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Tanimbar friarbird, Philemon plumigenis (Gray, GR, 1858)
- Helmeted friarbird, Philemon buceroides (Swainson, 1838)
- New Guinea friarbird, Philemon novaeguineae (Müller, S, 1842)
- New Britain friarbird, Philemon cockerelli Sclater, PL, 1877
- New Ireland friarbird, Philemon eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1924
- Manus friarbird, Philemon albitorques Sclater, PL, 1877
- Silver-crowned friarbird, Philemon argenticeps (Gould, 1840)
- Noisy friarbird, Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790)
- New Caledonian friarbird, Philemon diemenensis (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Melitograis
- Entomyzon
- Melithreptus
- Black-chinned honeyeater, Melithreptus gularis (Gould, 1837)
- Strong-billed honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837)
- Brown-headed honeyeater, Melithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
- White-throated honeyeater, Melithreptus albogularis Gould, 1848
- White-naped honeyeater, Melithreptus lunatus (Vieillot, 1802)
- Gilbert's honeyeater, Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848
- Black-headed honeyeater, Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Foulehaio
- Nesoptilotis
- Ashbyia
- Epthianura
- Melilestes
- Macgregoria
- Melipotes
- Arfak honeyeater, Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL, 1874
- Common smoky honeyeater, Melipotes fumigatus Meyer, AB, 1886
- Wattled smoky honeyeater, Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, de Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007
- Spangled honeyeater, Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1911
- Timeliopsis
- Conopophila
- Ramsayornis
- Acanthagenys
- Anthochaera
- Little wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham, 1801)
- Western wattlebird, Anthochaera lunulata Gould, 1838
- Red wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790)
- Yellow wattlebird, Anthochaera paradoxa (Daudin, 1800)
- Regent honeyeater, Anthochaera phrygia (Shaw, 1794)
- Bolemoreus
- Caligavis
- Lichenostomus
- Manorina
- Meliarchus
- Vosea
- Melionyx
- Melidectes
- Cinnamon-browed melidectes, Melidectes ochromelas (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Vogelkop melidectes, Melidectes leucostephes (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Yellow-browed melidectes, Melidectes rufocrissalis (Reichenow, 1915)
- Huon melidectes, Melidectes foersteri (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1911)
- Belford's melidectes, Melidectes belfordi (De Vis, 1890)
- Ornate melidectes, Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL, 1874
- Purnella
- Stomiopera
- Gavicalis
- Ptilotula
- Yellow-tinted honeyeater, Ptilotula flavescens (Gould, 1840)
- Fuscous honeyeater, Ptilotula fusca (Gould, 1837)
- Grey-headed honeyeater, Ptilotula keartlandi (North, 1895)
- Grey-fronted honeyeater, Ptilotula plumula (Gould, 1841)
- Yellow-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula ornata (Gould, 1838)
- White-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula penicillata (Gould, 1837)
- Territornis
- Microptilotis
- Mottle-breasted honeyeater, Microptilotis mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911)
- Forest honeyeater, Microptilotis montanus (Salvadori, 1880)
- Mountain honeyeater, Microptilotis orientalis (Meyer, AB, 1894)
- Scrub honeyeater, Microptilotis albonotatus (Salvadori, 1876)
- Mimic honeyeater, Microptilotis analogus (Reichenbach, 1852)
- Tagula honeyeater, Microptilotis vicina (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1912)
- Graceful honeyeater, Microptilotis gracilis (Gould, 1866)
- Cryptic honeyeater, Microptilotis imitatrix (Mathews, 1912)
- Elegant honeyeater, Microptilotis cinereifrons (Rand, 1936)
- Yellow-gaped honeyeater, Microptilotis flavirictus (Salvadori, 1880)
- Meliphaga
- Guadalcanaria
- Oreornis
- Gymnomyza
- Yellow-billed honeyeater, Gymnomyza viridis (Layard, EL, 1875)
- Giant honeyeater, Gymnomyza brunneirostris (Mayr, 1932)
- Mao, Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Crow honeyeater, Gymnomyza aubryana (Verreaux, J & des Murs, 1860)
- Myza
- Stresemannia
- Glycifohia
Further reading
Andersen . M.J. . Naikatini . A. . Moyle . R.C. . 2014 . A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 71 . 308–315 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014 . 24315868.
Notes and References
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Honeyeaters . World Bird List Version 6.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. 28 January 2016 .
