Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Silver-eared Honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis) - HBW 13, p. 662
French:
Méliphage grivelé
German: Ohrflecken-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero
Pechipinto
Other common names: Eared/Freckled/White-eared(!)/White-spangled
Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Stigmatops
albo-auricularis E. P. Ramsay, 1878, south-east coast of New
Guinea.
Forms
a superspecies with L. squamata.Two subspecies
recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- olivacea Mayr, 1938 - lowlands of NC New Guinea, from L Sentani and Idenburg-Mamberamo rivers E to Ramu R, including middle and lower Sepik R.
- alboauricularis (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) - coastal lowlands of SE New Guinea E from Popondetta and, in S, from around Bereina to Milne Bay, including small coastal islands of Mailu (off Amazon Bay) and Heath and Doini (near Samarai I).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult perched
Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp alboauriculus)
Nik Borrow 3 June 2010 34 weeks ago 2.8
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