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Species
Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort, 1910
Nomenclature
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Family: MeliphagidaeGenus: Oreornis
Species:
Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort, 1910
Usage:
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Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Orange-cheaked Honeyeater, Small Mountain Honeyeater
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SUMMARY
Orange-cheaked Honeyeater
Other common names: Small Mountain Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort, 1910, Oranje Mountains (4150 m), New Guinea.
Has head and neck dark olive to olive-grey with dark brown to blackish mottling on top, black fore supercilium and lores enclosing small patch of silvery grey in front of eye, short narrow black streak behind eye, conspicuous golden-yellow to orange-yellow cheek patch extending from beneath eye to rear ear-coverts, finely edged below by diffuse blackish malar area and fine blackish line beneath and behind rear of patch.