Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Olive Honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris) - HBW 13, p. 660

French: Méliphage à joues argent German: Silberohr-Honigfresser Spanish: Mielero Cariplateado
Other common names: Plain Olive/Silver(-spangled) Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Ptilotis argentauris Finsch, 1870, “Neu Guinea und die Papu-Inseln” = Waigeo, West Papuan Islands.
Forms a superspecies with L. lombokia. Birds from Halmahera, Damar and Gebe sometimes separated as a geographical race, chloris (described from Gebe I), but morphological differences considered insignificant; birds on Lusaolate I (off N Seram) described as race patasiwa, but unlikely to be distinct and species not resident on this island. Treated as monotypic.

Distribution: Halmahera, Damar, Gebe, West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Schildpad, Misool), Lusaolate I (off N Seram) and almost certainly Seram.