Ornate melidectes

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| name = Ornate melidectes

| image = MelidectesTorquatusSmit.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Melidectes torquatus |volume=2018 |page=e.T22704288A130260589 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704288A130260589.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Melidectes

| species = torquatus

| authority = Sclater, PL, 1874

| synonyms =

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The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (Melidectes torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.