Sooty melidectes

Sooty melidectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melidectes
Species: M. fuscus
Binomial name
Melidectes fuscus
(De Vis, 1897)

The sooty melidectes (Melidectes fuscus), also known as the sooty honeyeater, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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