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

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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
Feeding on a flowering tree Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 22 July 2009 2 years ago 4
Close-up of a bird feeding on flowers. Locality Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Ken Havard 15 April 2005 2 years ago 3.5
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 3.4
Curious Lewin's Honeyeater in rainforest of Lamington National Park, Queensland. Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
cel_polo 1 December 2010 2 years ago 3.4
A bird singing on a branch. Locality Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp lewinii)
Nick Talbot 24 October 2011 1 year ago 3
Friendly to say the least around the campsite at O'Reilly's Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
AdsBowley 2 September 2006 3 years ago 3