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Honeyeaters

The honeyeaters, belonging to the family Meliphagidae, are a varied group of small to medium-sized birds that include the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners, and melidectes. With 186 species spread across 55 genera, they are typically found in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, the Pacific islands up to Samoa and Tonga, and Wallacea to the northwest of New Guinea. They form the superfamily Meliphagoidea with their closest relatives and are essential for the pollination of various Australasian plants. Honeyeaters have diverse diets ranging from nectar, insects, and fruit and are known for their unique, brush-tipped tongues for feeding. Although many are not well understood in terms of movement, they tend to travel in response to food plant flowering, especially in arid zones. Recent taxonomy adjustments have seen some species like the golden and Bonin honeyeaters reclassified to Zosteropidae, while the New Zealand stitchbird moved to its own family, Notiomystidae. The "MacGregor's bird-of-paradise" has been reidentified as "MacGregor's honeyeater" within this family. The newly discovered wattled smoky honeyeater and the extinct Moho and Chaetoptila genera, endemic to Hawaii, have stirred up discussions about family classifications, with the latter proposed to belong to a separate family, the Mohoidae.

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Red Myzomela

Myzomela cruentata

Red-tinged Myzomela

Myzomela rubrotincta
A photo of a Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata
A photo of a Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia)

Regent Honeyeater

Anthochaera phrygia

Ruby-throated Myzomela

Myzomela eques

Rufous-backed Honeyeater

Ptiloprora guisei

Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Conopophila albogularis

Rufous-sided Honeyeater

Ptiloprora erythropleura
A photo of a Rufous-throated Honeyeater (Conopophila rufogularis)

Rufous-throated Honeyeater

Conopophila rufogularis

Scaly-breasted Honeyeater

Lichmera squamata
A photo of a Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta) , male

Scarlet Myzomela

Myzomela sanguinolenta

Sclater's Myzomela

Myzomela sclateri

Scrub Honeyeater

Microptilotis albonotatus

Seram Friarbird

Philemon subcorniculatus

Seram Honeyeater

Lichmera monticola

Short-bearded Honeyeater

Melionyx nouhuysi

Silver-crowned Friarbird

Philemon argenticeps

Silver-eared Honeyeater

Lichmera alboauricularis
A photo of a Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)

Singing Honeyeater

Gavicalis virescens

Sooty Honeyeater

Melionyx fuscus

Spangled Honeyeater

Melipotes ater
A photo of a Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Acanthagenys rufogularis

Spotted Honeyeater

Xanthotis polygrammus

Streak-breasted Honeyeater

Territornis reticulata

Streak-headed Honeyeater

Pycnopygius stictocephalus

Striped Honeyeater

Plectorhyncha lanceolata
A photo of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)

Strong-billed Honeyeater

Melithreptus validirostris

Sulawesi Myzomela

Myzomela chloroptera

Tagula Honeyeater

Microptilotis vicina

Taliabu Myzomela

Myzomela wahe

Tanimbar Friarbird

Philemon plumigenis

Tawny-breasted Honeyeater

Xanthotis flaviventer
A photo of a Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops)

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

Gliciphila melanops

Tawny Straightbill

Timeliopsis griseigula

Timor Friarbird

Philemon inornatus

Varied Honeyeater

Gavicalis versicolor

Vogelkop Melidectes

Melidectes leucostephes

Wakolo Myzomela

Myzomela wakoloensis

Wattled Smoky Honeyeater

Melipotes carolae
A photo of a Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) , male

Western Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
A photo of a Western Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)

Western Wattlebird

Anthochaera lunulata

Wetar Myzomela

Myzomela kuehni
A photo of a White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)

White-cheeked Honeyeater

Phylidonyris niger

White-chinned Myzomela

Myzomela albigula
A photo of a White-eared Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

Nesoptilotis leucotis
A photo of a White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) , male

White-fronted Chat

Epthianura albifrons
A photo of a White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons)

White-fronted Honeyeater

Purnella albifrons
A photo of a White-gaped Honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor)

White-gaped Honeyeater

Stomiopera unicolor
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