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Hill-forest Honeyeater

Microptilotis orientalis (Meyer, AB 1894)

The mountain honeyeater, hill-forest honeyeater or mountain meliphaga, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Meliphagidae
Genus:
   Microptilotis
Scientific:
  Microptilotis orientalis


Original description

Citation:
  (Meyer, AB 1894)

Reference:
   J. f. Orn. 42 p.92

Protonym:
  Ptilotis flavirictus orientalis

Type locality:
  southeastern New Guinea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32697442


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  65A09B9A257DC870

Avibase ID:
  avibase-65A09B9A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/65A09B9A


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561076

Geographic range:

  • Microptilotis orientalis: montane New Guinea
  • Microptilotis orientalis orientalis: mountains of southeastern New Guinea
  • Microptilotis orientalis facialis: New Guinea (highlands of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and the southern slope of the highlands eastward to the Eastern Range), also Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
  • Microptilotis orientalis [becki or citreolus]: New Guinea (northern slope of the western and central highlands, also the northern ranges from the Foja Mountains eastward to the Huon Peninsula)
English:
Hill-forest Honeyeater
Catalan:
menjamel de muntanya
Czech:
medosavka novoguinejská
Danish:
Lille Pletbrystet Honningæder
German:
Schlankschnabel-Honigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Montesino
Spanish (Spain):
Mielero montesino
Finnish:
tammimesikko
French:
Méliphage montagnard
Croatian:
planinski medojed
Hungarian:
vékonycsőrű mézevő
Italian:
Succiamiele montano
Japanese (romaji):
komunaboshikimimimitsusui
Japanese:
コムナボシキミミミツスイ
Lithuanian:
Liaunasnapis medčiulpys
Dutch:
Kleine Berghoningeter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Berghonningetar
Norwegian:
Berghonningeter
Polish:
miodojad górski
Portuguese:
papa-mel-montesino
Portuguese (Portugal):
papa-mel-montês
Russian:
Тонкоклювый медосос
Slovak:
medárik štíhlozobý
Swedish:
berghonungsfågel
Ukrainian:
Медолюб тонкодзьобий
Chinese:
山林吸蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
小斑胸吸蜜鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Hill-forest Honeyeater (incl. ssp. citreola) ( Meliphaga orientalis [incl. citreola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Méliphage montagnard ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Méliphage montagnard ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 1st edition:
Small Spot-breasted Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2022:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2023:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2024:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 5]
Clements 3rd edition:
Small Spot-breasted Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 4th edition:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2017:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2018:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2019:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 4]
eBird version 1.50:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Mountain Meliphaga ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Small Spot-breasted Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Small Spot-breasted Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Mountain Honeyeater ( Microptilotis orientalis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Hill-forest Honeyeater ( Meliphaga orientalis) [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Meliphaga orientalis [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Meliphaga orientalis [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Microptilotis [analogus, orientalis or mimikae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Azerbaijani: nazikdimdik balsoran
Catalan: menjamel de muntanya
Czech: Medosavka jižní, medosavka novoguinejská
Danish: Lille Pletbrystet Honningæder
German: Schlankschnabel-Honigfresser
English: Hill forest Honeyeater, Hill-forest Honeyeater, Hill-forest Honeyeater (incl. ssp. citreola), Hill-forest Meliphaga, Lesser Spot-breasted Honeyeater, Mountain Honeyeater, Mountain Meliphaga, Mountain Yellow-eared Honeyeater, Small Spot-breasted Honeyeater, Small Spot-breasted Meliphaga, Small Spotted Honeyeater
English, HBW: Hill-forest Honeyeater
English (IOC): Mountain Honeyeater
English (United States): Mountain Honeyeater, Mountain Meliphaga
Spanish: Melífago de Pecho Moteado Chico, Mielero Montesino
Spanish (Spain): Mielero montesino
Spanish (HBW): Mountain Meliphaga
Finnish: tammimesikko, Tawmimesikko
French: Méliphage d'orient, Méliphage montagnard
Croatian: planinski medojed
Hungarian: vékonycsőrű mézevő
Indonesian: Burung madu dada putih, Meliphaga Gunung
Italian: Mangiamiele pettomacchiato minore, Succiamiele di collina, Succiamiele montano
Japanese (romaji): komunaboshikimimimitsusui
Japanese: コムナボシキミミミツスイ
Scientific: Meliphaga orientalis, Meliphaga orientalis [incl. citreola], Meliphaga orientalis orientalis, Microptilotis orientalis, Ptilotis flavirictus orientalis
Lithuanian: Liaunasnapis medčiulpys
Dutch: Kleine Berghoningeter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Berghonningetar
Norwegian: Berghonningeter
Polish: miodojad górski
Portuguese: papa-mel-montesino
Portuguese (Portugal): papa-mel-montês
Russian: Тонкоклювый медосос
Slovak: medárik štíhlozobý
Swedish: berghonungsfågel, Skogshonungsfågel
Turkish: Dağ balkuşu
Ukrainian: Медолюб тонкодзьобий
Chinese: 山林吸蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 小斑胸吸蜜鳥

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