Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Bridled Honeyeater (Lichenostomus frenatus) - HBW 13, p. 596

French: Méliphage bridé German: Buntschnabel-Honigfresser Spanish: Mielero Embridado
Other common names: Broadbent’s/Mountain Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Ptilotis frenata E. P. Ramsay, 1874, Cardwell, north Queensland, Australia.
Genus often subsumed in Meliphaga. Forms a distinctive species group with L. subfrenatus, L. obscurus, L. hindwoodi and L. chrysops, and all sometimes combined in a separate genus, Caligavis. Present speciesformerly included L. hindwoodi as an outlying population. Monotypic.

Distribution: NE Queensland on E Great Divide from Mt Amos (S of Cooktown) S to S Paluma Range and Mt Elliot (SW of Townsville) including coastal islands, and extending inland to Windsor and Atherton Tablelands, in NE Australia.