Meliphaga

Diamond, Jared & Bishop, K. David, 2021, Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains’ only endemic bird species?, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 75-108 : 95

MOUNTAIN MELIPHAGA Meliphaga orientalis

Identifiedȱ vocallyȱ byȱ itsȱ short,ȱ bright,ȱ distinctivelyȱ snappedȱ disyllabicȱ note;ȱ itsȱ staccatoȱ tp note is shared with other Meliphaga .ȱ Theȱ Adelbertȱ populationȱ isȱ identifiedȱ visuallyȱ byȱ itsȱ smallȱ yellowȱ earȱ patch,ȱ medium-smallȱ bodyȱ size,ȱ andȱ inconspicuousȱ mottlingȱ onȱ theȱ underparts. Common or abundant at 930–1,570 m.

WHITE-EARED MELIPHAGA Meliphaga montana Identifiedȱvocallyȱbyȱitsȱdistinctiveȱupslurredȱ wheep note, and visually by its white ear, dull dark almost brownish upperparts, and heavier bill than M. orientalis of the same elevations. Noisy wingbeats, unusual for a small passerine. In small numbers from 1,020 to 1,255 m.