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Puff-backed Honeyeater

Meliphaga aruensis
Family
Honeyeaters
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
pubhon1, PBHO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyHoneyeaters (Meliphagidae)
SpeciesMeliphaga aruensis
Codespubhon1, PBHO
Identification

The Puff-backed Honeyeater (Meliphaga aruensis) is a member of the Honeyeaters family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code pubhon1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Myza celebensis
White-eared Myza
Myza sarasinorum
Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Western Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
Pied Honeyeater
Certhionyx variegatus
Plain Honeyeater
Pycnopygius ixoides
Puff-backed Honeyeater photo
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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Meliphaga aruensis

Family: Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: pubhon1