Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) - HBW 13, p. 672
French: Méliphage à menton noir
German: Schwarzkinn-Honigschmecker
Spanish: Mielero Barbinegro
Other common names: Black-throated Honeyeater; Golden-backed Honeyeater (laetior)
Taxonomy: Haematops gularis Gould, 1837, interior of New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with M. validirostris. Race laetior often treated as a separate species, but intergradation with nominate over broad zone in E Australia (Queensland S to NC New South Wales); further research needed. Additional proposed races are normantoniensis (from Normanton, in NW Queensland) and carpentarianus (Homestead, on Campaspe R, in E Queensland), both regarded as intergrades, and parus (Exmouth Gulf, in Western Australia), synonymized with laetior. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- laetior Gould, 1875 - W & N Western Australia E to NW & N Queensland (around S & E Gulf of Carpentaria and S Cape York Peninsula), thence S to NC New South Wales.
- gularis (Gould, 1837) - N & E Queensland (from S Cape York Peninsula) S to N foothills of Great Divide in N & NC Victoria; SE South Australia (Fleurieu Peninsula and S Mt Lofty Ranges).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird preening. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree preening, stretching the wings and scratching the head. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 3 years ago 43 sec 3.7 -
A bird hitting and eating a caterpillar in a tree. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 2 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A bird moving in a eucalypt tree while another bird is singing. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 41 sec 3.3
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Adult bird at waterhole
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 September 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Black-chinned Honeyeater at waterhole
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 September 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Black-chinned Honeyeater coming in for drink at a waterhole
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 September 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
This bird was part of a small group that was actively moving through the canopy.
Locality Inman River Valley, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 17 January 2012 1 year ago 3.5 -
in tree
Locality Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia (ssp gularis)
Michael Retter 1 October 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
A bird moving in a eucalypt tree while another bird is singing.
Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 2.2
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A male singing. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
(ssp gularis)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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