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Arfak Honeyeater
Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL, 1874
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Arfak Honeyeater, Melipotes gymnops, is a honeyeater of the montane Bird's Head and Neck in north-west New Guinea, within West Papua, Indonesia. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae and was described by Sclater, PL, in 1874. It is found in subtropical and tropical moist montane forest between 1,200 and 2,700 m. Also known as the bare-eyed honeyeater, it is an endemic bird of this restricted highland range.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea)
