Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus plumulus) - HBW 13, p. 606
French:
Méliphage à plumet noir
German: Grünscheitel-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de Plumón
Other common names: Plumed/Yellow-fronted Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
plumulus Gould, 1841, York district, Western Australia.
Forms
a species group with L. ornatus, L. fuscus, L.
flavescens and L. penicillatus. Race graingeri
intergrades with nominate in narrow zone in CE South Australia (W
slopes of Flinders Ranges and Willouran Range), and appears to
intergrade with planasi in CE Queensland (but few data);
uncertain whether planasi and nominate intergrade where they
meet (in C Northern Territory). Birds from Port Augusta, in South
Australia, described as race ethelae, which name is sometimes
applied to E Australian form; type locality, however, lies.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a species group with L. ornatus, L. fuscus, L. flavescens and L. penicillatus. Race graingeri intergrades with nominate in narrow zone in CE South Australia (W slopes of Flinders Ranges and Willouran Range), and appears to intergrade with planasi in CE Queensland (but few data); uncertain whether planasi and nominate intergrade where they meet (in C Northern Territory). Birds from Port Augusta, in South Australia, described as race ethelae, which name is sometimes applied to E Australian form; type locality, however, lies within zone of intergradation between nominate race in W and populations in E, and name graingeri (type from Mt Grainger, in South Australia) is therefore used for latter form. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- planasi (A. J. Campbell, 1910) - N Western Australia (S & E Kimberley Division) E across S Top End to N Queensland (S Gulf of Carpentaria-Selwyn Range and, in NE, W of Great Divide).
- plumulus (Gould, 1841) - SW & C Australia from near W coast (between Pilbara region and Geraldton) E to C ranges of S Northern Territory and to EC South Australia (S to E Nullarbor Plain, E to Gawler Ranges and W edge of L Eyre Basin).
- graingeri (Mathews, 1912) - inland E Australia sparsely from CE Queensland (c. 20-21° S) S, E to W fringes of Great Divide, to SW New South Wales and NW Victoria, and through Murray-Darling Basin W to Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding from branch to branch, with a slow motion view at the end Locality Northern Territory, Australia (ssp plumulus)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 17 sec 3.2
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Perched
Locality Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 26 June 2010 47 weeks ago 3.8 -
Grey-fronted Honeyeater perched
Locality Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 21 September 2006 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
One bird of a pair, in a Callitris pine
Locality Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp graingeri)
Peter Waanders 22 June 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird in a bush
Locality Wilpena Pound, South Australia, Australia
Arthur Grosset 17 March 2006 2 years ago 2.3
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