Family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Vulnerable
Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melidectes princeps)
Taxonomy
French: Méliphage à barbe longue German: Langbart-Honigfresser Spanish: Mielero barbilargo
Other common names:
Long-bearded Melidectes
Taxonomy:
Melidectes princeps
Mayr and Gilliard
, 1951,Mount Wilhelm, Bismarck Range, east New Guinea
.Distribution:
EC New Guinea in Mt Kaijende Highlands (perhaps extending W to Strickland R gorge#R), Mt Giluwe, Mt Hagen, Kubor Range (including Mt Kubor, Mt Kinkain and Mt Orata, and Minj–Nona Divide), Bismarck Range (Mt Wilhelm), Mt Michael and Kratke Ranges.
Descriptive notes
26·5–28·8 cm; one female 42 g. Head, neck and upperparts are black-brown, slightly darker on top and side of head, slightly warmer dark olive-brown on... read more
Voice
No information.
Habitat
High mountain moss forest and woodland, and clumps of shrubs and scrubby forest thickets in alpine... read more
Food and feeding
No information.
Breeding
Nestling found in late Jul (Mt Hagen) and dependent fledgling mid-Jun (Mt Wilhelm). No other information.
Movements
No indication of any movements; presumed sedentary.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Restrictedrange species: present in Central Papuan Mountains EBA. Very poorly known, and no estimates of global population or trends. Generally described as... read more
See M. fuscus. Monotypic.