Honeyeaters
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea. They are nectar feeders and closely resemble other nectar-feeding passerines. There are 174 species worldwide and 63 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Olive Straightbill Timeliopsis fulvigula
- Tawny Straightbill Timeliopsis griseigula
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Silver-eared Honeyeater Lichmera alboauricularis
- White-chinned Myzomela Myzomela albigula (E)
- Red-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Ashy Myzomela Myzomela cineracea (E)
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
- Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita
- New Ireland Myzomela Myzomela pulchella (E)
- Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela Myzomela sclateri (E)
- Ebony Myzomela Myzomela pammelaena (E)
- Black-bellied Myzomela Myzomela erythromelas (E)
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Forest Honeyeater Meliphaga montana
- Spot-breasted Meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae
- Mountain Meliphaga Meliphaga orientalis
- Scrub Honeyeater Meliphaga albonotata
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Mimic Honeyeater Meliphaga analoga
- Tagula Honeyeater Meliphaga vicina (E)
- Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Meliphaga flavirictus
- Black-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus subfrenatus
- Obscure Honeyeater Lichenostomus obscurus
- Varied Honeyeater Lichenostomus versicolor
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Spotted Honeyeater Xanthotis polygramma
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- White-naped Friarbird Philemon albitorques (E)
- New Britain Friarbird Philemon cockerelli (E)
- New Ireland Friarbird Philemon eichhorni (E)
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Leaden Honeyeater Ptiloprora plumbea
- Olive-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora meekiana
- Mayr's Honeyeater Ptiloprora mayri
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei (E)
- Black-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata
- Sooty Melidectes Melidectes fuscus
- Bismarck Melidectes Melidectes whitemanensis (E)
- Long-bearded Melidectes Melidectes princeps
- Cinnamon-browed Melidectes Melidectes ochromelas
- Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi
- Yellow-browed Melidectes Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Huon Melidectes Melidectes foersteri (E)
- Ornate Melidectes Melidectes torquatus
- Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- Spangled Honeyeater Melipotes ater (E)
- Wattled Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes carolae - newly found, the 64th species
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea