Parent: Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

└─ Melidectes

└─── Melidectes belfordi (Belford's honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes foersteri (Huon honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes fuscus (Sooty honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes leucostephes (White-capped honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes nouhuysi (Short-bearded honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes ochromelas (Cinnamon-browed honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes princeps (Long-bearded honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes rufocrissalis (Yellow-browed honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes torquatus (Ornate honeyeater)

└─── Melidectes whitemanensis (Gilliard's honeyeater)