Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 1 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 2 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 3 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 4 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 5 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Sooty Honeyeater

The sooty honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

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Peak activity in October · a passage migrant species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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

Long-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx princepsThe long-bearded honeyeater is 27 cm long.

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