Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps) | Range and ID

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The long-bearded honeyeater is 27 cm long. It has a long, slender black bill and orange skin behind its eye. Its plumage is soot-black. It is distinguished from the similar sooty honeyeaters by its wispy white beard, which reaches the bend of its wing.

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When to see the Long-bearded Honeyeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Long-bearded Honeyeater

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea

About the Long-bearded Honeyeater

The long-bearded honeyeater, is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

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Easily confused with

Short-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx nouhuysiThe short-bearded honeyeater is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscusThe sooty honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

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