MacGregor's honeyeater

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MacGregor's honeyeater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Macgregoria
De Vis, 1897
Species:
M. pulchra
Binomial name
Macgregoria pulchra
De Vis, 1897

MacGregor's honeyeater (Macgregoria pulchra), also known as giant wattled honeyeater, MacGregor's giant honeyeater, MacGregor's bird of paradise, and ochre-winged honeyeater, is a large (up to 40 cm long) black crow-like bird with large orange-yellow eye-wattles and black-tipped, ochre primary wing feathers. The sexes are similar, with the male being slightly larger than the female. It is the only member of the genus Macgregoria.

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Meliphagidae.[2] It is similar and closely related to the smoky honeyeater
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The name commemorates its discoverer, the administrator of

British New Guinea, Sir William MacGregor. Sir William's surname was originally, and thus formally, McGregor but he adopted the spelling MacGregor while in New Guinea as his personal preference.[3]

Due to a small and declining population, MacGregor's honeyeater is evaluated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Distribution and habitat

MacGregor's honeyeater is found on the island of New Guinea, where it inhabits cloud forest and subalpine Dacrycarpus forest at elevations of 2,800–4,000 m (9,200–13,100 ft). It is commonly observed in Dacrycarpus groves when the trees are fruiting, but relatively little is known about where it removes to when the trees are not fruiting.[4]

Breeding

MacGregor's honeyeater is a monogamous breeder. Pairs build their nest in the crowns of trees. The nest is a bulky cup of moss, lichen and sticks, lined with small leaves and stems. One pink and spotted egg is laid.[5]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22706104A156120711.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Museum - Kicked out of Paradise". Archived from the original on 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
  3. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a12
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  4. JSTOR 4088177
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  5. ISBN 978-0-691-09562-2
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