Conservation status:
Not Threatened
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy: Cinnyris NovaeGuineae Lesson, 1827, Manokwari, north-west New Guinea.Genus was in the past usually included within the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae), but DNA studies indicate that it belongs with present family. Present species and T. poliopterus form a species pair, the two replacing each other altitudinally, with only marginal overlap. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * novaeguineae (Lesson, 1827) - West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool), Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and N & W mainland New Guinea (E to Astrolabe Bay and Ramu R and, in S, to Etna Bay). * flaviventris (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1911) - Aru Is, and S New Guinea from Utakwa E to Lakekamu R.
Trophic strategy:
Insect and nectar. Forages in mid-strata.
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