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Rufous-backed Honeyeater
Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis, 1894)
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Rufous-backed Honeyeater, Ptiloprora guisei, is a bird of the montane forests of eastern, north-eastern and south-eastern New Guinea, including the Adelbert Range and the Huon Peninsula. It belongs to the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, and was described by De Vis in 1894. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural home is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane e, ne (Adelbert Range and Huon Pen.) and se New Guinea
