Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007

Wattled Smoky Honeyeater

Other common names: Farfak Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Melipotes carolae Beehler et al., 2007, Bog Camp (2°34.5' S, 138°34.9' E), 1650 m, Sarmi District, Papua  Province, north-west New Guinea.

The Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae) is an Indonesian endemic, that was discovered in December 2005. It was found in remote montane forests of Foja Mountains range, Western New Guinea at an altitude over 1,150 metres. The first bird species found in New Guinea since 1939, the honeyeater was one of over twenty new species discovered by an international team of eleven scientists from Australia, Indonesia and the United States, led by Bruce Beehler.