| Puff-backed honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Meliphaga |
| Species: | M. aruensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Meliphaga aruensis (Sharpe, 1884)
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The puff-backed honeyeater (Meliphaga aruensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is widely spread throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Meliphaga aruensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703996A130244849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703996A130244849.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.