Ornate Melidectes

Melidectes torquatus - Méliphage maquillé

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Méliphagidés
Genus
:
Melidectes
Species
:
torquatus

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1874

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ornate Melidectes (Melidectes torquatus) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Melidectes torquatus torquatus (Vogelkop. nw New Guinea.)
Melidectes torquatus polyphonus (ec New Guinea)
Melidectes torquatus cahni (Huon Pen.. ne New Guinea.)
Melidectes torquatus emilii (se New Guinea)

Foreign names

Méliphage maquillé,
Mielero maquillado,
papa-mel-maquilhado,
Zimtbrust-Honigfresser,
fahéjmellű mézevő,
Ornaathoningeter,
Succiamiele ornato,
prakthonungsfågel,
Karnevalshonningeter,
medárik ozdobný,
květosavka pestrá,
Pragthonningæder,
kirjonokimesikko,
menjamel maquillat,
dziwook ozdobny,
Расписной мелидек,
Melidektes elok,
ニクダレヤマミツスイ,
棕胸寻蜜鸟,
棕胸大蜜鳥,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Avibase, Lepage Denis
Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 16, Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest