THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Meliphagidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notata (Gould, 1867) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spangled HoneyeaterMelipotes ater Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1911 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatus A. B. Meyer, 1886 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arfak HoneyeaterMelipotes gymnops P. L. Sclater, 1874 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis (R. Lesson, 1839) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis Gould, 1848 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gilbert's HoneyeaterMelithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularis (Gould, 1837) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus (Vieillot, 1802) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-streaked FriarbirdMelitograis gilolensis (Bonaparte, 1850) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scrub HoneyeaterMicroptilotis albonotatus (Salvadori, 1876) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mimic HoneyeaterMicroptilotis analogus (Reichenbach, 1852) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cryptic HoneyeaterMicroptilotis imitatrix (Mathews, 1912) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottle-breasted HoneyeaterMicroptilotis mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest HoneyeaterMicroptilotis montanus (Salvadori, 1880) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-eared HoneyeaterMyza celebensis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Streaked HoneyeaterMyza sarasinorum A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elfin MyzomelaMyzomela adolphinae Salvadori, 1876 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drab MyzomelaMyzomela blasii (Salvadori, 1882) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banda MyzomelaMyzomela boiei (S. Müller, 1843) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cardinal HoneyeaterMyzomela cardinalis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rotuma MyzomelaMyzomela chermesina G. R. Gray, 1846 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi MyzomelaMyzomela chloroptera Walden, 1872 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy MyzomelaMyzomela cineracea P. L. Sclater, 1879 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red MyzomelaMyzomela cruentata A. B. Meyer, 1874 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-rumped MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorni Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1901 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruby-throated MyzomelaMyzomela eques (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed MyzomelaMyzomela erythrocephala Gould, 1840 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied MyzomelaMyzomela erythromelas Salvadori, 1881 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rote MyzomelaMyzomela irianawidodoae Prawiradilaga, Baveja, Suparno, Ashari, N. S. R. Ng, Gwee, Verbelen & Rheindt, 2017 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-hooded MyzomelaMyzomela kuehni Rothschild, 1903 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped MyzomelaMyzomela lafargei Pucheran, 1853 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaita MyzomelaMyzomela malaitae Mayr, 1931 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed MyzomelaMyzomela melanocephala (E. P. Ramsay, 1879) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigrita G. R. Gray, 1858 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscura Gould, 1843 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bismarck Black MyzomelaMyzomela pammelaena P. L. Sclater, 1877 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-fronted MyzomelaMyzomela pulchella Salvadori, 1891 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra (R. Lesson, 1827) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta (Latham, 1801) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarlet-bibbed MyzomelaMyzomela sclateri W. A. Forbes, 1879 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan MyzomelaMyzomela simplex G. R. Gray, 1861 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristrami E. P. Ramsay, 1881 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-cheeked HoneyeaterOreornis chrysogenys van Oort, 1910 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manus FriarbirdPhilemon albitorques P. L. Sclater, 1877 | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-crowned FriarbirdPhilemon argenticeps (Gould, 1840) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.