Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae . They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea , but also found in New Zealand , the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga , and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea .
Family: Meliphagidae [1]
Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa ) Sugomel
Myzomela
Drab myzomela , Myzomela blasii (Salvadori , 1882) (southern Moluccan Islands of Ceram and Ambon )
White-chinned myzomela , Myzomela albigula Hartert, EJO , 1898 (southeast Papua New Guinea )
Ruby-throated myzomela , Myzomela eques (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827) (New Guinea and the islands of Waigeo , Salawati , Misool , New Britain , and Umboi )
Dusky honeyeater , Myzomela obscura Gould , 1843 (northern Moluccas , New Guinea , Aru Islands , northern and northeastern Australia , and southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands )
Red myzomela , Myzomela cruentata Meyer, AB , 1874 (New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago )
Papuan black myzomela , Myzomela nigrita Gray, GR , 1858 (New Guinea , Aru Islands and Waigeo island)
New Ireland myzomela , Myzomela pulchella Salvadori , 1891 (New Ireland and the eastern Bismarck Archipelago )
Mountain myzomela , Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori , 1876 (New Guinea )
Wetar myzomela , Myzomela kuehni Rothschild , 1903 (central Lesser Sunda Islands )
Sumba myzomela , Myzomela dammermani Siebers , 1928 (southwestern Lesser Sunda Islands )
Red-headed myzomela , Myzomela erythrocephala Gould , 1840 (southern New Guinea , Aru Islands , and northern Australia )
Sulawesi myzomela , Myzomela chloroptera Walden , 1872 (Sulawesi and northern Moluccas )
Wakolo myzomela , Myzomela wakoloensis Forbes, HO , 1883 (southern Moluccas )
Banda myzomela , Myzomela boiei (Müller, S , 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands , Banda Islands , and Tanimbar Islands )
Taliabu myzomela , Myzomela wahe Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Wu, MY, 2020 (the island of Taliabu )
Scarlet myzomela , Myzomela sanguinolenta (Latham , 1801) (eastern Australia )
New Caledonian myzomela , Myzomela caledonica Forbes, WA , 1879 (new Caledonia )
Micronesian myzomela , Myzomela rubrata (Mariana Islands , Palau , and Caroline Islands )
Cardinal myzomela , Myzomela cardinalis (Gmelin, JF , 1788) (southeastern Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , and Samoa )
Rotuma myzomela , Myzomela chermesina Gray, GR , 1846 (northwestern Fiji )
Sclater's myzomela , Myzomela sclateri Forbes, WA , 1879 (small islands off northeast coast of New Guinea and New Britain )
Bismarck black myzomela , Myzomela pammelaena Sclater, PL , 1877 (Bismarck Archipelago )
Red-capped myzomela , Myzomela lafargei Pucheran , 1853 (Solomon Islands )
Crimson-rumped myzomela , Myzomela eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1901 (central Solomon Islands )
Black-headed myzomela , Myzomela melanocephala (Ramsay, EP , 1879) (Solomon Islands )
Red-vested myzomela , Myzomela malaitae Mayr , 1931 (southeastern Solomon Islands )
Sooty myzomela , Myzomela tristrami Ramsay, EP , 1881 (southern Solomon Islands )
Orange-breasted myzomela , Myzomela jugularis Peale , 1849 (Fiji )
Black-bellied myzomela , Myzomela erythromelas Salvadori , 1881 (Bismarck Archipelago )
Black-breasted myzomela , Myzomela vulnerata (Müller, S , 1843) (Lesser Sunda Islands )
Red-collared myzomela , Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel , 1871 (New Guinea )
Gliciphila
Glycichaera
Ptiloprora
Leaden honeyeater , Ptiloprora plumbea (Salvadori , 1895)
Rufous-sided honeyeater , Ptiloprora erythropleura (Salvadori , 1876)
Rufous-backed honeyeater , Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis , 1894)
Mayr's honeyeater , Ptiloprora mayri Hartert, EJO , 1930
Yellowish-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora meekiana (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1907)
Grey-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora perstriata (De Vis , 1898)
Acanthorhynchus
Certhionyx
Prosthemadera
Tūī or parson bird. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Anthornis
Pycnopygius
Cissomela
Lichmera
Olive honeyeater , Lichmera argentauris (Finsch , 1871) (Moluccas and western islands of Papua New Guinea )
Indonesian honeyeater , Lichmera (indistincta) limbata (Lesser Sunda Islands )
Brown honeyeater , Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827) (Aru Islands , central-southern New Guinea , Australia )
Dark-brown honeyeater , Lichmera incana (Latham , 1790) (New Caledonia , Loyalty Islands , and Vanuatu )
Scaly-breasted honeyeater , Lichmera squamata (Salvadori , 1878) (Lesser Sunda Islands and Kai Island )
Silver-eared honeyeater , Lichmera alboauricularis (Ramsay, EP , 1878) (north-central and southeastern New Guinea )
Buru honeyeater , Lichmera deningeri (Stresemann , 1912) (Buru )
Seram honeyeater , Lichmera monticola (Stresemann , 1912) (Seram )
Flame-eared honeyeater , Lichmera flavicans (Vieillot , 1817) (Timor )
Black-necklaced honeyeater , Lichmera notabilis (Finsch , 1898) (Wetar )
Phylidonyris
Trichodere
Grantiella
Plectorhyncha
Xanthotis
Meliphacator
Philemon
Meyer's friarbird , Philemon meyeri Salvadori , 1878
Brass's friarbird , Philemon brassi Rand , 1940
Little friarbird , Philemon citreogularis (Gould , 1837)
Grey friarbird , Philemon kisserensis Meyer, AB , 1884 (sometimes considered as a subspecies of the little friarbird Philemon citreogularis kisserensis )
Timor friarbird , Philemon inornatus (Gray, GR , 1846)
Morotai friarbird , Philemon fuscicapillus (Wallace , 1862)
Seram friarbird , Philemon subcorniculatus (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Buru friarbird , Philemon moluccensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Tanimbar friarbird , Philemon plumigenis (Gray, GR , 1858)
Helmeted friarbird , Philemon buceroides (Swainson , 1838)
New Guinea friarbird , Philemon novaeguineae (Müller, S , 1842)
New Britain friarbird , Philemon cockerelli Sclater, PL , 1877
New Ireland friarbird , Philemon eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1924
Manus friarbird , Philemon albitorques Sclater, PL , 1877
Silver-crowned friarbird , Philemon argenticeps (Gould , 1840)
Noisy friarbird , Philemon corniculatus (Latham , 1790)
New Caledonian friarbird , Philemon diemenensis (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Melitograis
Entomyzon
Melithreptus
Black-chinned honeyeater , Melithreptus gularis (Gould , 1837)
Strong-billed honeyeater , Melithreptus validirostris (Gould , 1837)
Brown-headed honeyeater , Melithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
White-throated honeyeater , Melithreptus albogularis Gould , 1848
White-naped honeyeater , Melithreptus lunatus (Vieillot , 1802)
Gilbert's honeyeater , Melithreptus chloropsis Gould , 1848
Black-headed honeyeater , Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Foulehaio
Nesoptilotis
Ashbyia
Epthianura
Melilestes
Macgregoria
Melipotes
Arfak honeyeater , Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL , 1874
Common smoky honeyeater , Melipotes fumigatus Meyer, AB , 1886
Wattled smoky honeyeater , Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, de Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007
Spangled honeyeater , Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911
Timeliopsis
Conopophila
Ramsayornis
Acanthagenys
Anthochaera
Little wattlebird , Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham , 1801)
Western wattlebird , Anthochaera lunulata Gould , 1838
Red wattlebird , Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw , 1790)
Yellow wattlebird , Anthochaera paradoxa (Daudin , 1800)
Regent honeyeater , Anthochaera phrygia (Shaw , 1794)
Bolemoreus
Caligavis
Lichenostomus
Manorina
Meliarchus
Vosea
Melionyx
Melidectes
Cinnamon-browed melidectes , Melidectes ochromelas (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Vogelkop melidectes , Melidectes leucostephes (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Yellow-browed melidectes , Melidectes rufocrissalis (Reichenow , 1915)
Huon melidectes , Melidectes foersteri (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911)
Belford's melidectes , Melidectes belfordi (De Vis , 1890)
Ornate melidectes , Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL , 1874
Purnella
Stomiopera
Gavicalis
Ptilotula
Yellow-tinted honeyeater , Ptilotula flavescens (Gould , 1840)
Fuscous honeyeater , Ptilotula fusca (Gould , 1837)
Grey-headed honeyeater , Ptilotula keartlandi (North , 1895)
Grey-fronted honeyeater , Ptilotula plumula (Gould , 1841)
Yellow-plumed honeyeater , Ptilotula ornata (Gould , 1838)
White-plumed honeyeater , Ptilotula penicillata (Gould , 1837)
Territornis
Microptilotis
Mottle-breasted honeyeater , Microptilotis mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant , 1911)
Forest honeyeater , Microptilotis montanus (Salvadori , 1880)
Mountain honeyeater , Microptilotis orientalis (Meyer, AB , 1894)
Scrub honeyeater , Microptilotis albonotatus (Salvadori , 1876)
Mimic honeyeater , Microptilotis analogus (Reichenbach , 1852)
Tagula honeyeater , Microptilotis vicina (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1912)
Graceful honeyeater , Microptilotis gracilis (Gould , 1866)
Cryptic honeyeater , Microptilotis imitatrix (Mathews , 1912)
Elegant honeyeater , Microptilotis cinereifrons (Rand , 1936)
Yellow-gaped honeyeater , Microptilotis flavirictus (Salvadori , 1880)
Meliphaga
Guadalcanaria
Oreornis
Gymnomyza
Yellow-billed honeyeater , Gymnomyza viridis (Layard, EL , 1875)
Giant honeyeater , Gymnomyza brunneirostris (Mayr , 1932)
Mao , Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Crow honeyeater , Gymnomyza aubryana (Verreaux, J & des Murs , 1860)
Myza
Stresemannia
Glycifohia
Andersen, M.J.; Naikatini, A.; Moyle, R.C. (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 71 : 308–315. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014 . PMID 24315868 .