Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
White-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus unicolor) - HBW 13, p. 601
French:
Méliphage unicolore
German: Wulsthonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Unicolor
Other common names: White gaped/Erect-tailed/River/Uniform-coloured
Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
unicolor Gould, 1843, Port Essington, Northern Territory,
Australia.
Thought
to form a species group with L. flavus. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Australia from Melville I and N Western Australia (Kimberley Division and offshore islands) E throughout Top End of Northern Territory (S to upper Victoria R in SW and to Barkly Tableland in SE), and on Groote Eylandt, to N Queensland (S to near Proserpine; occasional records farther S, e.g. Mackay, and on Atherton Tableland).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a dry branch and, then, in a different tree Locality Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 11 sec 3.1
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Single bird feeding on Coral-tree flowers.
Locality Karumba, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 9 August 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Feeding on nectar
Locality Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 July 2010 47 weeks ago 3.6 -
In coastal vegetation
Locality Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 12 September 2009 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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