wattled smoky honeyeater
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Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae)

One bird, a honeyeater with scarlet wattles, officially described in 2007 as the Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae).

The Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae) is a species of honeyeater with a sooty-grey plumage and a black bill.

Additionally, a previously unknown species of honeyeater was discovered, it being scientifically described in 2007 as the Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae).

After another similar species, the Wattled Smoky Honeyeater, was discovered in 2005 in the Foja Mountains it has also been called the Common Smoky Honeyeater.

The Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae), described in 2007, has been discovered in December 2005 in the Foja Mountains of Papua, Indonesia.