Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Vanuatu Honeyeater (Glycifohia notabilis) - HBW 13, p. 631
French: Méliphage des Nouvelles-Hébrides
German: Weißbauch-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Ventriblanco
Other common names: Vanuatu Mountain/New Hebrides/White-bellied/White-breasted Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Glyciphila notabilis Sharpe, 1899, Vanua Lava, Banks Islands, Vanuatu.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Phylidonyris or in Guadalcanaria. Races weakly differentiated. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- notabilis (Sharpe, 1899) - Banks Is (Uréparapara and Vanua Lava), Espíritu Santo and Ambae, in N & C Vanuatu.
- superciliaris ( Mayr, 1932) - C Vanuatu (Maewo, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Paama and Epi).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A head shot of the same bird in hand
Locality Sola, Vanua Lava Island, Banks Islands, Torba Province, Vanuatu (ssp notabilis)
Olivier Boissier 9 April 2006 1 year ago 3.9 -
The same bird in hand
Locality Sola, Vanua Lava Island, Banks Islands, Torba Province, Vanuatu (ssp notabilis)
Olivier Boissier 9 April 2006 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird in hand
Locality Sola, Vanua Lava Island, Banks Islands, Torba Province, Vanuatu (ssp notabilis)
Olivier Boissier 9 April 2006 1 year ago 3
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