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Polynesian wattled honeyeater

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Wattled honeyeater
spp carunculatus. 'Eua, Tonga
Scientific classification
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Foulehaio

Species:
F. carunculatus
Binomial name
Foulehaio carunculatus
(Gmelin, 1788)

The wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the only species in the genus Foulehaio.[citation needed]

The species is endemic to the islands of the Central Pacific, occurring on American Samoa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical mangrove forests, and tropical moist montane forest.

ssp taviunensis, Taveuni, Fiji Isles
ssp procerior, Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji Isles

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