Belford's melidectes

Belford's melidectes (Melidectes belfordi), also known as Belford's honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Belford's melidectes
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Melidectes
Species:	M. belfordi
Binomial name
Melidectes belfordi (De Vis, 1890)

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate George Belford, the son of a Samoan chief, who collected natural history specimens for Sir William McGregor, the Lieutenant Governor of British New Guinea in the late nineteenth century.^[2]