Belford's Melidectes
Melidectes belfordi
Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Belford's Melidectes with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Ornate Melidectes Melidectes torquatus | 1 |
| Cinnamon-browed Melidectes Melidectes ochromelas | 1 |
Family
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea, but can also be found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the Indonesian islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …