Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) - HBW 13, p. 620

French: Méliphage à gouttelettes German: Zimtflügel-Honigfresser Spanish: Mielero Alirrufo
Other common names: Brush/Mock Wattlebird, Brush Mockbird, Mocker, Mockingbird

Taxonomy: Merops chrysopterus Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Often considered conspecific with A. lunulata. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • chrysoptera (Latham, 1801) - coastal SE Australia on and E of tablelands of Great Divide from SE Queensland (Dawes Range) S, including Fraser I, Stradbroke I and other islands, to SE Victoria, and W through SE South Australia to Adelaide.
  • halmaturina (Mathews, 1912) - Kangaroo I, off South Australia.
  • tasmanica (Mathews, 1912) - N & E Tasmania (and scattered records in SW & W and inland).