Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis) - HBW 13, p. 592
French:
Méliphage gracile
German: Feenhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Grácil
Other common names: Graceful/Slender-billed Meliphaga, Southern
Graceful/Slender-billed/Grey-breasted/Lesser Yellow-spotted/Little
Yellow-spotted/Eastern Graceful Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
gracilis Gould, 1866, Cape York, north Queensland, Australia.
On
basis of molecular evidence, genus consists of two clades; present
species is part of group which contains also M. orientalis, M.
analoga, M. albonotata, M. vicina, M.
cinereifrons, M. mimikae, M. montana, M.
flavirictus, M. albilineata, M. fordiana and M.
reticulata. Sometimes treated as conspecific with M.
cinereifrons. In NE Australia (N Queensland) races possibly
intergrade in narrow zone roughly between Cooktown and Ayton. Two
subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gracilis (Gould, 1866) - Aru Is, S New Guinea (Triton Bay E to Purari Delta), Bristow I (off Daru, in extreme N Torres Strait), and coastal and subcoastal NE Australia (N Queensland from Cape York S to Archer-Mitchell rivers and, in E, to Princess Charlotte Bay and Cooktown-Ayton region).
- imitatrix (Mathews, 1912) - coastal NE Queensland from around Princess Charlotte Bay and Cooktown S to Halifax Bay and S Paluma Range, and inland to Atherton Tableland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Hanging on limb before flying away Locality Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 11 December 2007 2 years ago 24 sec 4
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Perched
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 16 August 2009 47 weeks ago 3.2 -
Lareral view of of a bird perched in a flowering bush
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Mikko Pyhälä 21 August 2010 1 year ago 2.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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