Orange-cheeked Honeyeater

Orange-cheeked HoneyeaterThis large honeyeater has a dark olive head and back set off by a bright orange cheek patch. It is restricted to the high mountains of west-central New Guinea, where it feeds on fruit, insects and sedge seeds.What does it look like?The head and neck are dark olive to olive-grey, with darker mottling on the crown. A narrow black streak behind the eye and an orange cheek patch edged by a diffuse dark area are distinctive.How does it live?This large honeyeater has a dark olive head and back set off by a bright orange cheek patch. It is restricted to the high mountains of west-central New Guinea, where it feeds on fruit, insects and sedge seeds.It inhabits subalpine forest and shrubland along alpine grassland, mostly at elevations above 3,200 m. Its diet includes fruit, insects and sedge seeds.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.