The Bismarck Melidectes (Melidectes whitemanensis) is a bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 species

Species

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 in the family

Family (biology)

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 Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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. Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern

Least Concern

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 by the IUCN, it was suspected to be rarer than generally assumed. Following the evaluation of its population size, this was found to be correct, and it is consequently uplisted to Near Threatened

Near Threatened

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status in 2008.