Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Eungella Honeyeater (Lichenostomus hindwoodi) - HBW 13, p. 597
French:
Méliphage de Hindwood
German: Eungellahonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de Hindwood
Other common names: Mountain Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Meliphaga
hindwoodi Longmore and Boles, 1983, Massey Creek, Clarke Range,
east Queensland, Australia.
Genus
often subsumed in Meliphaga. Forms a distinctive species group
with L. subfrenatus, L. obscurus, L. frenatus
and L. chrysops, and all sometimes combined in a separate
genus, Caligavis. Present species formerly considered to be an
outlying population of L. frenatus. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Clarke (Eungella) Range, near Mackay (E Queensland), in NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Eungella Honeyeater perched on a rainforest vine
Locality Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 13 July 2009 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Feeding in forest canopy
Locality Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Guy Dutson 31 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Perched
Locality Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 8 July 2009 47 weeks ago 3.3
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