Ornate melidectes

Ornate melidectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melidectes
Species: M. torquatus
Binomial name
Melidectes torquatus
Sclater, 1873

The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (Melidectes torquatus) 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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