• Source: Sooty honeyeater

The sooty honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Melidectes. It was moved to the resurrected genus Melionyx based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "sooty melidectes" to "sooty honeyeater".




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Sooty honeyeater
• List of birds by common name
• List of honeyeaters
• List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
• Wattled smoky honeyeater
• Melionyx
• Central Range sub-alpine grasslands
• List of birds of Victoria
• List of birds of Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica
• List of least concern birds