Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis) - HBW 13, p. 602
French:
Méliphage leucotique
German: Schwarzkehl-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Orejiblanco
Other common names: Australian White-eared Honeyeater; New Norcia
Honeyeater (novaenorciae)
Taxonomy: Turdus
leucotis Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port Jackson,
New South Wales, Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with L. flavicollis. Nominate race and
novaenorciae intergrade along inner slopes of Great Divide
from SE Queensland S to SE South Australia. Three subspecies
recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- novaenorciae (Milligan, 1904) - S Western Australia (S from Kalbarri area) E to W edge of Nullarbor Plain, and across coastal and subcoastal mallee to SE South Australia (S from S Flinders Ranges), and from E Queensland (S from Burra Range, E of Hughenden) S through E Murray-Darling Basin and W watershed of Great Divide to SW & SE New South Wales and adjacent Victoria.
- leucotis (Latham, 1801) - SE Queensland (about Bunya Mts) S, on and E of Great Divide, to Victoria and SE South Australia.
- thomasi (Mathews, 1912) - Kangaroo I, in SE South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch drinking from a dam, then shaking its wings before flying away Locality Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucotis)
Nick Talbot 24 April 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 4.7 -
Two birds preening on a branch at a dam, and then one flying away Locality Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucotis)
Nick Talbot 24 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
Foraging - speed slowed to 50% Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 24 May 2011 37 weeks ago 21 sec 4 -
Foraging. Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 24 May 2011 37 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch drinking from a dam before being driven off by a New Holland Honeyeater which also drinks Locality Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucotis)
Nick Talbot 24 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 3.9 -
Brief view of a bird in a bush giving a single call and flying away. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucotis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 19 sec 2.5
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Adult bird on native plant
Locality Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 November 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
adult bird in a tree
Locality Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.2 -
Perched
Locality Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 19 September 2006 47 weeks ago 3.6 -
White-eared honeyeater
Locality Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 17 August 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
on twig
Locality New South Wales, Australia
Michael Retter 1 October 2009 2 years ago 2
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A single call. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia
(ssp leucotis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 3
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