Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae . They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea , but also found in New Zealand , the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga , and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea .
Family: Meliphagidae [1]
Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa ) Sugomel Myzomela Drab myzomela , Myzomela blasii (Salvadori , 1882) (southern Moluccan Islands of Ceram and Ambon ) White-chinned myzomela , Myzomela albigula Hartert, EJO , 1898 (southeast Papua New Guinea ) Ruby-throated myzomela , Myzomela eques (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827) (New Guinea and the islands of Waigeo , Salawati , Misool , New Britain , and Umboi ) Dusky honeyeater , Myzomela obscura Gould , 1843 (northern Moluccas , New Guinea , Aru Islands , northern and northeastern Australia , and southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands ) Red myzomela , Myzomela cruentata Meyer, AB , 1874 (New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago ) Papuan black myzomela , Myzomela nigrita Gray, GR , 1858 (New Guinea , Aru Islands and Waigeo island) New Ireland myzomela , Myzomela pulchella Salvadori , 1891 (New Ireland and the eastern Bismarck Archipelago ) Mountain myzomela , Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori , 1876 (New Guinea ) Wetar myzomela , Myzomela kuehni Rothschild , 1903 (central Lesser Sunda Islands ) Sumba myzomela , Myzomela dammermani Siebers , 1928 (southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands ) Red-headed myzomela , Myzomela erythrocephala Gould , 1840 (southern New Guinea , Aru Islands , and northern Australia ) Sulawesi myzomela , Myzomela chloroptera Walden , 1872 (Sulawesi and northern Moluccas ) Wakolo myzomela , Myzomela wakoloensis Forbes, HO , 1883 (southern Moluccas ) Banda myzomela , Myzomela boiei (Müller, S , 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands , Banda Islands , and Tanimbar Islands ) Taliabu myzomela , Myzomela wahe Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Wu, MY, 2020 (the island of Taliabu ) Scarlet myzomela , Myzomela sanguinolenta (Latham , 1801) (eastern Australia ) New Caledonian myzomela , Myzomela caledonica Forbes, WA , 1879 (new Caledonia ) Micronesian myzomela , Myzomela rubrata (Mariana Islands , Palau , and Caroline Islands ) Cardinal myzomela , Myzomela cardinalis (Gmelin, JF , 1788) (southeastern Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , and Samoa ) Rotuma myzomela , Myzomela chermesina Gray, GR , 1846 (northwestern Fiji) Sclater's myzomela , Myzomela sclateri Forbes, WA , 1879 (small islands off northeast coast of New Guinea and New Britain ) Bismarck black myzomela , Myzomela pammelaena Sclater, PL , 1877 (Bismarck Archipelago ) Red-capped myzomela , Myzomela lafargei Pucheran , 1853 (Solomon Islands ) Crimson-rumped myzomela , Myzomela eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1901 (central Solomon Islands ) Black-headed myzomela , Myzomela melanocephala (Ramsay, EP , 1879) (Solomon Islands ) Red-vested myzomela , Myzomela malaitae Mayr, 1931 (southeastern Solomon Islands ) Sooty myzomela , Myzomela tristrami Ramsay, EP , 1881 (southern Solomon Islands ) Orange-breasted myzomela , Myzomela jugularis Peale , 1849 (Fiji) Black-bellied myzomela , Myzomela erythromelas Salvadori , 1881 (Bismarck Archipelago ) Black-breasted myzomela , Myzomela vulnerata (Müller, S , 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands ) Red-collared myzomela , Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel , 1871 (New Guinea ) Gliciphila Glycichaera Ptiloprora Leaden honeyeater , Ptiloprora plumbea (Salvadori , 1895) Rufous-sided honeyeater , Ptiloprora erythropleura (Salvadori , 1876) Rufous-backed honeyeater , Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis , 1894) Mayr's honeyeater , Ptiloprora mayri Hartert, EJO , 1930Yellowish-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora meekiana (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1907) Grey-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora perstriata (De Vis , 1898) Acanthorhynchus Certhionyx Prosthemadera Tūī or parson bird. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1788) Anthornis Pycnopygius Cissomela Lichmera Olive honeyeater , Lichmera argentauris (Finsch , 1871) (Moluccas and western islands of Papua New Guinea ) Indonesian honeyeater , Lichmera (indistincta) limbata (Lesser Sunda Islands ) Brown honeyeater , Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827) (Aru Islands , central-southern New Guinea , Australia ) Dark-brown honeyeater , Lichmera incana (Latham , 1790) (New Caledonia , Loyalty Islands , and Vanuatu ) Scaly-breasted honeyeater , Lichmera squamata (Salvadori , 1878) (Lesser Sunda Islands and Kai Island ) Silver-eared honeyeater , Lichmera alboauricularis (Ramsay, EP , 1878) (north-central and southeastern New Guinea ) Buru honeyeater , Lichmera deningeri (Stresemann , 1912) (Buru) Seram honeyeater , Lichmera monticola (Stresemann , 1912) (Seram ) Flame-eared honeyeater , Lichmera flavicans (Vieillot , 1817) (Timor ) Black-necklaced honeyeater , Lichmera notabilis (Finsch , 1898) (Wetar ) Phylidonyris Trichodere Grantiella Plectorhyncha Xanthotis Meliphacator Philemon Meyer's friarbird , Philemon meyeri Salvadori , 1878Brass's friarbird , Philemon brassi Rand, 1940 Little friarbird , Philemon citreogularis (Gould , 1837) Grey friarbird , Philemon kisserensis Meyer, AB , 1884 (sometimes considered as a subspecies of the little friarbird Philemon citreogularis kisserensis )Timor friarbird , Philemon inornatus (Gray, GR , 1846) Morotai friarbird , Philemon fuscicapillus (Wallace , 1862) Seram friarbird , Philemon subcorniculatus (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841) Buru friarbird , Philemon moluccensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788) Tanimbar friarbird , Philemon plumigenis (Gray, GR , 1858) Helmeted friarbird , Philemon buceroides (Swainson , 1838) New Guinea friarbird , Philemon novaeguineae (Müller, S , 1842) New Britain friarbird , Philemon cockerelli Sclater, PL , 1877New Ireland friarbird , Philemon eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1924Manus friarbird , Philemon albitorques Sclater, PL , 1877Silver-crowned friarbird , Philemon argenticeps (Gould , 1840) Noisy friarbird , Philemon corniculatus (Latham , 1790) New Caledonian friarbird , Philemon diemenensis (Lesson, RP , 1831) Melitograis Entomyzon Melithreptus Black-chinned honeyeater , Melithreptus gularis (Gould , 1837) Strong-billed honeyeater , Melithreptus validirostris (Gould , 1837) Brown-headed honeyeater , Melithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827) White-throated honeyeater , Melithreptus albogularis Gould , 1848White-naped honeyeater , Melithreptus lunatus (Vieillot , 1802) Gilbert's honeyeater , Melithreptus chloropsis Gould , 1848Black-headed honeyeater , Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, RP , 1839) Foulehaio Nesoptilotis Ashbyia Epthianura Melilestes Macgregoria Melipotes Arfak honeyeater , Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL , 1874Common smoky honeyeater , Melipotes fumigatus Meyer, AB , 1886Wattled smoky honeyeater , Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, de Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007 Spangled honeyeater , Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911Timeliopsis Conopophila Ramsayornis Acanthagenys Anthochaera Little wattlebird , Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham , 1801) Western wattlebird , Anthochaera lunulata Gould , 1838Red wattlebird , Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) Yellow wattlebird , Anthochaera paradoxa (Daudin , 1800) Regent honeyeater , Anthochaera phrygia (Shaw, 1794) Bolemoreus Caligavis Lichenostomus Manorina Meliarchus Vosea Melionyx Melidectes Cinnamon-browed melidectes , Melidectes ochromelas (Meyer, AB , 1874) Vogelkop melidectes , Melidectes leucostephes (Meyer, AB , 1874) Yellow-browed melidectes , Melidectes rufocrissalis (Reichenow , 1915) Huon melidectes , Melidectes foersteri (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911) Belford's melidectes , Melidectes belfordi (De Vis , 1890) Ornate melidectes , Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL , 1874Purnella Stomiopera Gavicalis Ptilotula Yellow-tinted honeyeater , Ptilotula flavescens (Gould , 1840) Fuscous honeyeater , Ptilotula fusca (Gould , 1837) Grey-headed honeyeater , Ptilotula keartlandi (North , 1895) Grey-fronted honeyeater , Ptilotula plumula (Gould , 1841) Yellow-plumed honeyeater , Ptilotula ornata (Gould , 1838) White-plumed honeyeater , Ptilotula penicillata (Gould , 1837) Territornis Microptilotis Mottle-breasted honeyeater , Microptilotis mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant , 1911) Forest honeyeater , Microptilotis montanus (Salvadori , 1880) Mountain honeyeater , Microptilotis orientalis (Meyer, AB , 1894) Scrub honeyeater , Microptilotis albonotatus (Salvadori , 1876) Mimic honeyeater , Microptilotis analogus (Reichenbach , 1852) Tagula honeyeater , Microptilotis vicina (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1912) Graceful honeyeater , Microptilotis gracilis (Gould , 1866) Cryptic honeyeater , Microptilotis imitatrix (Mathews , 1912) Elegant honeyeater , Microptilotis cinereifrons (Rand, 1936) Yellow-gaped honeyeater , Microptilotis flavirictus (Salvadori , 1880) Meliphaga Guadalcanaria Oreornis Gymnomyza Yellow-billed honeyeater , Gymnomyza viridis (Layard, EL , 1875) Giant honeyeater , Gymnomyza brunneirostris (Mayr, 1932) Mao, Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841) Crow honeyeater , Gymnomyza aubryana (Verreaux, J & des Murs , 1860) Myza Stresemannia Glycifohia
References ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
Further reading Andersen, M.J.; Naikatini, A.; Moyle, R.C. (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 71 : 308–315. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014. PMID 24315868.