Short-bearded honeyeater

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| name = Short-bearded honeyeater

| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.148278 1 - Melidectes nouhuysi (Van Oort, 1910) - Meliphagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Melionyx nouhuysi |volume=2018 |page=e.T22704260A130258572 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704260A130258572.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Melionyx

| species = nouhuysi

| authority = (van Oort, 1910)

| synonyms = Melidectes nouhuysi

}}

The short-bearded honeyeater (Melionyx nouhuysi) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in West Papua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Melidectes. It was moved to the resurrected genus Melionyx based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "short-bearded melidectes" to "short-bearded honeyeater".{{ cite journal | last1=Andersen | first1=M.J. | last2=McCullough | first2=J.M. | last3=Friedman | first3=N.R. | last4=Peterson | first4=A.T. | last5=Moyle | first5=R.G. | last6=Joseph | first6=L. | last7=Nyári | first7=A.S. | year=2019 | title=Ultraconserved elements resolve genus-level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae) | journal=Emu | volume=119 | issue=3 | pages=218–232 | doi=10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662 | s2cid=150056949 }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | year=2020 | title=Honeyeaters | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=22 February 2020 }}