Melipotes
Sign in to saveMelipotes is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. They have an overall dark plumage and extensive yellow, orange or reddish facial skin. The four allopatric species are restricted to the highland forest of New Guinea. The sister of this genus is Macgregoria; a genus where the single species until recently was regarded as a bird-of-paradise.
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It sits within the topics Bird genera, Birds of the New Guinea Highlands and Endemic birds of New Guinea.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMeliphagidae
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Melipotes is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. They have an overall dark plumage and extensive yellow, orange or reddish facial skin. The four allopatric species are restricted to the highland forest of New Guinea. The sister of this genus is Macgregoria; a genus where the single species until recently was regarded as a bird-of-paradise.
==Species== Melipotes contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | || Melipotes ater || Spangled honeyeater || Papua New Guinea |- |120px|| Melipotes fumigatus || Common smoky honeyeater || New Guinea |- | || Melipotes gymnops || Arfak honeyeater || West Papua, Indonesia |- ||| Melipotes carolae || Wattled smoky honeyeater || New Guinea |- |}
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