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Mayr's Honeyeater

Ptiloprora mayri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 30 g

When to see the Mayr's Honeyeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mayr's Honeyeater

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia Papua New Guinea

About the Mayr's Honeyeater

Mayr's honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. There were no confirmed sightings between 2008 and 2023 until a scientific expedition to the Cyclops Mountains in New Guinea captured images of a pair of the birds in June and July of that year.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Leaden HoneyeaterPtiloprora plumbeaThe leaden honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Yellowish-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora meekianaThe yellowish-streaked honeyeater or olive-streaked honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Rufous-sided HoneyeaterPtiloprora erythropleuraRufous-sided honeyeaters generally weigh from 18-25 grams.

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