Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Meliphagidae > Melionyx > Melionyx nouhuysi

Melionyx nouhuysi (Short-bearded Honeyeater)

Synonyms: Melidectes nouhuysi; Melirrhophetes nouhuysi

Wikipedia Abstract

The short-bearded melidectes (Melidectes nouhuysi), also known as the short-bearded honeyeater, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Melionyx nouhuysi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.84262
EDGE Score: 1.76518
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  30 %
Diet - Nectar [1]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  20 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  20 %
Forages - Understory [1]  30 %
Forages - Ground [1]  30 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Range sub-alpine grasslands Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Lorentz National Park 6189990 Papua, Indonesia      

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0