Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Scaly-breasted Honeyeater (Lichmera squamata) - HBW 13, p. 662
French: Méliphage à plumet blanc
German: Salvadorihonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Escamoso
Other common names: White-tufted/Scaly/Scaled/Tanimbar/Banda Sea/Mottle-breasted Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Stigmatops squamata Salvadori, 1878, Choor Island = Koer Islands, east Banda Sea.
Forms a superspecies with L. alboauricularis. Populations of Tanimbar Is sometimes separated as geographical race salvadorii (type locality Timorlaut) and those from elsewhere in E Lesser Sundas as kebirensis (type locality Babar I); study needed. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: Tayandu Is (Ree, Tayandu), Koer Is (Kilsoein), Manggoer, Fathol, Taam, Kai Is (Kai Besar, Er) and Godan I, in SE Moluccas, and Wetar, Romang, Damar, Leti, Moa, Luang, Sermata, Babar and Tanimbar Is (including Larat, Loetoe and Moloe), in E Lesser Sundas.
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A bird in a tree, feeding on nectar. Locality Damar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2011 6 weeks ago 28 sec 3.8 -
Two birds moving in a flowering tree. Locality Damar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2011 6 weeks ago 14 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a tree, calling and flying away. Locality Leti, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2011 6 weeks ago 13 sec 2.8
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A perched bird.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
mehdhalaouate 21 August 2006 2 years ago 4
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A bird calling from inside a dense bush. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Damar, Lesser Sundas
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2011 6 weeks ago 3.7 -
Several birds calling. Locality Damar, Lesser Sundas
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2011 6 weeks ago 3.3
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