List of honeyeaters
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
- Sugomel
- * Scaly-crowned honeyeater, Sugomel lombokium
- * Black honeyeater, Sugomel nigrum Myzomela
- * Drab myzomela, Myzomela blasii
- * White-chinned myzomela, Myzomela albigula Hartert, EJO, 1898
- * Ruby-throated myzomela, Myzomela eques
- * Dusky honeyeater, Myzomela obscura Gould, 1843
- * Red myzomela, Myzomela cruentata Meyer, AB, 1874
- * Papuan black myzomela, Myzomela nigrita Gray, GR, 1858
- * New Ireland myzomela, Myzomela pulchella Salvadori, 1891
- * Mountain myzomela, Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori, 1876
- * Wetar myzomela, Myzomela kuehni Rothschild, 1903
- * Sumba myzomela, Myzomela dammermani Siebers, 1928
- * Red-headed myzomela, Myzomela erythrocephala Gould, 1840
- * Sulawesi myzomela, Myzomela chloroptera Walden, 1872
- * Wakolo myzomela, Myzomela wakoloensis Forbes, HO, 1883
- * Banda myzomela, Myzomela boiei
- * Taliabu myzomela, Myzomela wahe Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Wu, MY, 2020
- * Scarlet myzomela, Myzomela sanguinolenta
- * New Caledonian myzomela, Myzomela caledonica Forbes, WA, 1879
- * Micronesian myzomela, Myzomela rubrata
- * Cardinal myzomela, Myzomela cardinalis
- * Rotuma myzomela, Myzomela chermesina Gray, GR, 1846
- * Sclater's myzomela, Myzomela sclateri Forbes, WA, 1879
- * Bismarck black myzomela, Myzomela pammelaena Sclater, PL, 1877
- * Red-capped myzomela, Myzomela lafargei Pucheran, 1853
- * Crimson-rumped myzomela, Myzomela eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1901
- * Black-headed myzomela, Myzomela melanocephala
- * Red-vested myzomela, Myzomela malaitae Mayr, 1931
- * Sooty myzomela, Myzomela tristrami Ramsay, EP, 1881
- * Orange-breasted myzomela, Myzomela jugularis Peale, 1849
- * Black-bellied myzomela, Myzomela erythromelas Salvadori, 1881
- * Black-breasted myzomela, Myzomela vulnerata
- * Red-collared myzomela, Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 Gliciphila
- * Tawny-crowned honeyeater, Gliciphila melanops Glycichaera
- * Green-backed honeyeater, Glycichaera fallax Salvadori, 1878 Ptiloprora
- * Leaden honeyeater, Ptiloprora plumbea
- * Rufous-sided honeyeater, Ptiloprora erythropleura
- * Rufous-backed honeyeater, Ptiloprora guisei
- * Mayr's honeyeater, Ptiloprora mayri Hartert, EJO, 1930
- * Yellowish-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora meekiana
- * Grey-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora perstriata Acanthorhynchus
- * Eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- * Western spinebill, Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Gould, 1837Certhionyx
- * Pied honeyeater, Certhionyx variegatus Lesson, RP, 1830 Prosthemadera
- * Tūī or parson bird. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Anthornis
- * New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura Pycnopygius
- * Plain honeyeater, Pycnopygius ixoides
- * Marbled honeyeater, Pycnopygius cinereus
- * Streak-headed honeyeater, Pycnopygius stictocephalus Cissomela
- * Banded honeyeater, Cissomela pectoralis Lichmera
- * Olive honeyeater, Lichmera argentauris
- * Indonesian honeyeater, Lichmera limbata
- * Brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta
- * Dark-brown honeyeater, Lichmera incana
- * Scaly-breasted honeyeater, Lichmera squamata
- * Silver-eared honeyeater, Lichmera alboauricularis
- * Buru honeyeater, Lichmera deningeri
- * Seram honeyeater, Lichmera monticola
- * Flame-eared honeyeater, Lichmera flavicans
- * Black-necklaced honeyeater, Lichmera notabilis Phylidonyris
- * Crescent honeyeater, Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- * New Holland honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- * White-cheeked honeyeater, Phylidonyris niger Trichodere
- * White-streaked honeyeater, Trichodere cockerelli Grantiella
- * Painted honeyeater, Grantiella picta Plectorhyncha
- * Striped honeyeater, Plectorhyncha lanceolata Gould, 1838Xanthotis
- * Spotted honeyeater, Xanthotis polygrammus
- * Macleay's honeyeater, Xanthotis macleayanus
- * Tawny-breasted honeyeater, Xanthotis flaviventer Meliphacator
- * Kadavu honeyeater, Meliphacator provocator Philemon
- * Meyer's friarbird, Philemon meyeri Salvadori, 1878
- * Brass's friarbird, Philemon brassi Rand, 1940
- * Little friarbird, Philemon citreogularis
- * Grey friarbird, Philemon kisserensis Meyer, AB, 1884
- * Timor friarbird, Philemon inornatus
- * Morotai friarbird, Philemon fuscicapillus
- * Seram friarbird, Philemon subcorniculatus
- * Buru friarbird, Philemon moluccensis
- * Tanimbar friarbird, Philemon plumigenis
- * Helmeted friarbird, Philemon buceroides
- * New Guinea friarbird, Philemon novaeguineae
- * New Britain friarbird, Philemon cockerelli Sclater, PL, 1877
- * New Ireland friarbird, Philemon eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1924
- * Manus friarbird, Philemon albitorques Sclater, PL, 1877
- * Silver-crowned friarbird, Philemon argenticeps
- * Noisy friarbird, Philemon corniculatus
- * New Caledonian friarbird, Philemon diemenensis Melitograis
- * White-streaked friarbird, Melitograis gilolensis Entomyzon
- * Blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis Melithreptus
- * Black-chinned honeyeater, Melithreptus gularis
- * Strong-billed honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris
- * Brown-headed honeyeater, Melithreptus brevirostris
- * White-throated honeyeater, Melithreptus albogularis Gould, 1848
- * White-naped honeyeater, Melithreptus lunatus
- * Gilbert's honeyeater, Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848
- * Black-headed honeyeater, Melithreptus affinis Foulehaio
- * Polynesian wattled honeyeater, Foulehaio carunculatus
- * Fiji wattled honeyeater, Foulehaio taviunensis
- * Kikau, Foulehaio procerior Nesoptilotis
- * White-eared honeyeater, Nesoptilotis leucotis
- * Yellow-throated honeyeater, Nesoptilotis flavicollis Ashbyia
- *Gibberbird, Ashbyia lovensis Epthianura
- * Crimson chat, Epthianura tricolor Gould, 1841
- * Orange chat, Epthianura aurifrons Gould, 1838
- * Yellow chat, Epthianura crocea Castelnau & Ramsay, EP, 1877
- * White-fronted chat, Epthianura albifrons Melilestes
- * Long-billed honeyeater, Melilestes megarhynchus Macgregoria
- * MacGregor's honeyeater, Macgregoria pulchra De Vis, 1897Melipotes
- * Arfak honeyeater, Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL, 1874
- * Common smoky honeyeater, Melipotes fumigatus Meyer, AB, 1886
- * Wattled smoky honeyeater, Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, de Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007
- * Spangled honeyeater, Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1911Timeliopsis
- * Olive straightbill, Timeliopsis fulvigula
- * Tawny straightbill, Timeliopsis griseigula Conopophila
- * Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis
- * Rufous-throated honeyeater, Conopophila rufogularis
- * Grey honeyeater, Conopophila whitei Ramsayornis
- * Bar-breasted honeyeater, Ramsayornis fasciatus
- * Brown-backed honeyeater, Ramsayornis modestus Acanthagenys
- * Spiny-cheeked honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis Gould, 1838Anthochaera
- * Little wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera
- * Western wattlebird, Anthochaera lunulata Gould, 1838
- * Red wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata
- * Yellow wattlebird, Anthochaera paradoxa
- * Regent honeyeater, Anthochaera phrygia Bolemoreus
- * Bridled honeyeater, Bolemoreus frenatus
- * Eungella honeyeater, Bolemoreus hindwoodi Caligavis
- * Yellow-faced honeyeater, Caligavis chrysops
- * Black-throated honeyeater, Caligavis subfrenata
- * Obscure honeyeater, Caligavis obscura Lichenostomus
- * Yellow-tufted honeyeater, Lichenostomus melanops
- * Purple-gaped honeyeater, Lichenostomus cratitius Manorina
- * Bell miner, Manorina melanophrys
- * Noisy miner, Manorina melanocephala
- * Yellow-throated miner, Manorina flavigula
- * Black-eared miner, Manorina melanotis Meliarchus
- * Makira honeyeater, Meliarchus sclateri Vosea
- * Gilliard's honeyeater, Vosea whitemanensis Gilliard, 1960Melionyx
- * Sooty honeyeater, Melionyx fuscus
- * Short-bearded honeyeater, Melionyx nouhuysi
- * Long-bearded honeyeater, Melionyx princeps Melidectes
- * Cinnamon-browed melidectes, Melidectes ochromelas
- * Vogelkop melidectes, Melidectes leucostephes
- * Yellow-browed melidectes, Melidectes rufocrissalis
- * Huon melidectes, Melidectes foersteri
- * Belford's melidectes, Melidectes belfordi
- * Ornate melidectes, Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL, 1874Purnella
- * White-fronted honeyeater, Purnella albifrons Stomiopera
- * White-gaped honeyeater, Stomiopera unicolor
- * Yellow honeyeater, Stomiopera flava Gavicalis
- * Varied honeyeater, Gavicalis versicolor
- * Mangrove honeyeater, Gavicalis fasciogularis
- * Singing honeyeater, Gavicalis virescens Ptilotula
- * Yellow-tinted honeyeater, Ptilotula flavescens
- * Fuscous honeyeater, Ptilotula fusca
- * Grey-headed honeyeater, Ptilotula keartlandi
- * Grey-fronted honeyeater, Ptilotula plumula
- * Yellow-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula ornata
- * White-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula penicillata Territornis
- * White-lined honeyeater, Territornis albilineata
- * Kimberley honeyeater, Territornis fordiana
- * Streak-breasted honeyeater, Territornis reticulata Microptilotis
- * Mottle-breasted honeyeater, Microptilotis mimikae
- * Forest honeyeater, Microptilotis montanus
- * Mountain honeyeater, Microptilotis orientalis
- * Scrub honeyeater, Microptilotis albonotatus
- * Mimic honeyeater, Microptilotis analogus
- * Tagula honeyeater, Microptilotis vicina
- * Graceful honeyeater, Microptilotis gracilis
- * Cryptic honeyeater, Microptilotis imitatrix
- * Elegant honeyeater, Microptilotis cinereifrons
- * Yellow-gaped honeyeater, Microptilotis flavirictus Meliphaga
- * Puff-backed honeyeater, Meliphaga aruensis
- * Yellow-spotted honeyeater, Meliphaga notata
- * Lewin's honeyeater, Meliphaga lewinii Guadalcanaria
- * Guadalcanal honeyeater, Guadalcanaria inexpectata Hartert, EJO, 1929Oreornis
- * Orange-cheeked honeyeater, Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort, 1910 Gymnomyza
- * Yellow-billed honeyeater, Gymnomyza viridis
- * Giant honeyeater, Gymnomyza brunneirostris
- * Mao, Gymnomyza samoensis
- * Crow honeyeater, Gymnomyza aubryana Myza
- * Dark-eared myza, Myza celebensis
- * White-eared myza, Myza sarasinorum Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895Stresemannia
- * Bougainville honeyeater, Stresemannia bougainvillei Glycifohia
- * Barred honeyeater, Glycifohia undulata
- * White-bellied honeyeater ''Glycifohia notabilis''