Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Mangrove Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fasciogularis) - HBW 13, p. 601

French: Méliphage des mangroves German: Mangrovehonigfresser Spanish: Mielero de Manglar
Other common names: Fasciated/Island/Scaly-throated Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Ptilotis fasciogularis Gould, 1854, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with L. virescens and L. versicolor. Formerly considered conspecific with latter, with which it apparently hybridizes to limited extent at N end of range (near Townsville). Monotypic.

Distribution: Coastal E Australia from NE Queensland (Ross R, near Townsville) S, including islands from Whitsunday Group S to Moreton Bay, to NE New South Wales (Tweed R-Tweed Heads, and disjunctly farther S near Broken Head, Clarence R and mouth of Macleay R, and once at Wauchope, on Hastings R).