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Species
Pycnopygius stictocephalus Salvadori, 1876
Nomenclature
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Family: MeliphagidaeGenus: Pycnopygius
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SUMMARY
Streak-headed Honeyeater
Other common names: Streak-capped/Spangle-crowned Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Pycnonotus (?) stictocephalus Salvadori, 1876, Naiabui, Hall Sound, south-east New Guinea. Monotypic.
Medium-sized rather drab honeyeater, with rather small and only slightly decurved bill; appearance much affected by plumage wear and fading. Top of head is blackish-brown with fine and short off white to grayish-white streaking or speckling; side of head and neck, and chin and upper throat dark brown, conspicuous pale buff to off-white to grayish-white streaking or speckling; side of head and neck, and chin and upper throat dark brown, conspicuous pale buff to off-white malar streak; upperparts dark brown, slightly darker on wing and tail, and becoming slightly paler with wear; lower throat and underbody buff-brown, underwing rich buff with dark grey trailing edge and tip; iris brown to dark brown or redddish-brown; bill blackish-brown to black, at least some gaving purplish tinge at base of lower mandible; legs dark grey. Saxes alike in plumage, male larger than female. Juvenile has underbody paler, buff, with grey tinge on breast, rectrices conspicuously edged and tipped pale brown to pale rufous; immature nondescript, differs from adult mainly in having top of head blackish with grey tinge or faint greyish mottling or spotting (not white spotting or streading), verging to
dull black son side of head and dull greyish-black on chin and throat, much less distinct malar stripe, duller brown upperparts and underbody, and (at least when plumage fresh) upperwing-coverts conspicuously edged rufous, also retained juvenile wing and tail with more conspicuous pale edging on rectrices.