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The common smoky honeyeater has a bright orange splotch around both eyes. The bird's upper wing has brown tips, olive-colored edges, and a lighter shade of brown on the base of its wings. This bird has a brown and black base. The common smoky honeyeater has a brown belly with white crescent-shaped scaling and gray and brown legs. The best way to differentiate between males and females is to look at their size because male common smoky honeyeaters tend to be bigger than females. Voice: The common smoky honeyeater makes a "sit-sit-sit" or a faint "swift-swift-swift" sound. When it is near the young, it makes a "wheat-wheat-wheat" to alarm other common smoky honeyeaters.
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When to see the Common Smoky Honeyeater
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Where to see the Common Smoky Honeyeater
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About the Common Smoky Honeyeater
The common smoky honeyeater is a medium-sized bird found in central Papua New Guinea and Eastern Indonesia. It is one of four species in the Melipotes genus. The common smoky honeyeater can be identified by its charcoal-colored body and blotchy neon orange circle around its eyes.. Its diet consists of small fruits, insects, and floral plants. This bird breeds in September and October, which are considered relatively dry months, above ground or next to a tree branch.
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Easily confused with
Arfak HoneyeaterMelipotes gymnopsThe Arfak honeyeater or bare-eyed honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Spangled HoneyeaterMelipotes aterThe spangled honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Wattled Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes carolaeThe wattled smoky honeyeater or Foja honeyeater is a species of honeyeater with a sooty-grey plumage and a black bill.
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