Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) - HBW 13, p. 666
French: Pie-grièche à dos gris
German: Goldflügel-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Alafuego
Other common names: Crested/Egypt/Horseshoe/Tasmanian/Lesser Crescent Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Certhia pyrrhoptera Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Proposed race indistinctus (from Mt Lofty, in S Australia) is considered inadequately differentiated from halmaturinus, and rex (from King I, in Bass Strait) and inornatus (Tasmania) are synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- halmaturinus (A. G. Campbell, 1906) - Mt Lofty Ranges S to Fleurieu Peninsula and on Kangaroo I, in SE South Australia.
- pyrrhopterus (Latham, 1801) - SE Australia on and E & S of Great Divide, from CE New South Wales (S from about Gosford, inland to Bathurst) S to E & S Victoria and extreme SE South Australia; islands in Bass Strait (King I, Kent Group, Furneaux Group); and Tasmania (including offshore islands).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male landing on a branch, then drinking from a dam before being displaced by a White-eared Honeyeater Locality Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (ssp pyrrhopterus)
Nick Talbot 24 April 2007 4 years ago 9 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched in a distant bush and flying to a closer one. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp pyrrhopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 3
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Male crescent honeyeater
Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 12 June 2011 49 weeks ago 4.5 -
Perched
Locality Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 28 December 2006 1 year ago 4.2 -
Crescent Honeyeater perched on a stump
Locality Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 28 December 2006 18 weeks ago 4 -
Female sitting in small gardenplant
Locality St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
Eldert Groenewoud 13 July 2009 2 years ago 2.4 -
Female feeding on gardenplants
Locality St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
Eldert Groenewoud 13 July 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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A bird calling. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia
(ssp pyrrhopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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