Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) - HBW 13, p. 589
French:
Méliphage de Lewin
German: Goldohr-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de
Lewin
Other common names: (Greater) Yellow-eared Honeyeater, Lewin’s
Meliphaga
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
lewinii Swainson, 1837, region of Port Jackson, New South Wales,
Australia.
Molecular
evidence suggests that genus consists of two clades; present species
forms a group with M. notata and M. aruensis. Proposed
race nea (from Dandenong, in Victoria) synonymized with
nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- amphochlora Schodde, 1989 - McIlwraith Range (E Cape York Peninsula), with outliers on summits S to Cooktown, in NE Queensland.
- mab (Mathews, 1912) - coastal NE Queensland from Cooktown S to Dawson-Mackenzie Basin, extending inland to summits of Great Divide.
- lewinii (Swainson, 1837) - coastal E & SE Australia, from Dawson-MacKenzie Basin (Dawes Range) S to Victoria (W Gippsland and Dandenong Ranges), extending inland to summits of Great Divide, with apparently isolated population farther W in North West Slopes and Plains Region of New South Wales.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird feeding on nectar on a bush. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 43 sec 4.9 -
A bird hopping on a fence Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Peter Nash 28 October 2006 6 years ago 37 sec 4.8 -
A close front view of a bird perched on a branch, rotating its head and flying away Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Nick Talbot 24 June 2005 5 years ago 15 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of an individual feeding on nectar and moving in a bush. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
An individual perched in a bush moving and feeding on nectar. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a rock Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1997 8 years ago 16 sec 4.4
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At last, a bird that can ID itself - result!!
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
AdsBowley 2 September 2006 3 years ago 4.6 -
One bird foraging
Locality New South Wales, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Chris Charles 26 April 2009 4 years ago 4.5 -
Foraging for berries in a tree at Echo Point, Blue Mountains
Locality Echo Point, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Ian Barker 20 February 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Lewins Honeyeater on branch
Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 2 years ago 4.4 -
on a branch
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Georges Olioso 27 September 2007 4 years ago 4.3 -
A Lewin's Honeyeater feeding on some banana
Locality Lake Eacham National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp mab)
becky1950 3 May 2009 3 years ago 4.2
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A bird singing (repeated once). Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
Alarm calls of two individuals with several alarm grunts of one Satin Bowerbird. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Several songs of direrent birds. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Juvenile calls while perched on a roof Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Joe Angseesing 27 February 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
A single bird calling from a forest. Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Nick Talbot 20 August 2012 37 weeks ago 0 -
A bird calling in a forest. Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp lewinii)
Nick Talbot 20 August 2012 42 weeks ago 0
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