Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops) - HBW 13, p. 597
French: Méliphage à joues d’or
German: Dreistreifen-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Carigualdo
Other common names: Yellow-gaped Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Sylvia chrysops Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Genus often subsumed in Meliphaga. Forms a distinctive species group with L. subfrenatus, L. obscurus, L. frenatus and L. hindwoodi, and all sometimes combined in a separate genus, Caligavis. Poorly differentiated race barroni possibly not worthy of recognition; further studies pending. Three subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- barroni (Mathews, 1912) - montane NE Queensland from Shiptons Flat-Mt Amos-Mt Finnigan (near Cooktown) S, including Atherton and Windsor-Carbine Tablelands, to Clarke-Connors Ranges, in NE Australia.
- chrysops (Latham, 1801) - NE Queensland (Dawson-Mackenzie Basin) S, inland to W slopes of Great Divide (scattered records W of this range), to Victoria and SE South Australia.
- samueli (Mathews, 1912) - S Flinders Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges and Fleurieu Peninsula, in SE South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Feeding on garden figs - sound muted due to urban noise except when other Yellow-faced Honeyeaters are calling. Locality Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 21 March 2011 47 weeks ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing in a tree. Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp chrysops)
Nick Talbot 22 October 2005 2 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird in a eucalyptus tree Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp chrysops)
Keith Blomerley 15 November 2003 4 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
Hawking - several at full speed then last one at 15% with sound restored at the point where beak snap can be heard. Locality Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 21 March 2011 47 weeks ago 25 sec 3.4 -
Two birds bathing, joined by a Spectacled Monarch Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Robert Schaefer 29 September 2010 1 year ago 42 sec 3.3 -
A bird collecting small branches Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp chrysops)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 3 years ago 10 sec 3.3
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Yellow faced honeyeater (juvenile)
Locality Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 16 March 2011 18 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult Yellow-faced Honeyeater on rainforest branch
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 42 weeks ago 4.2 -
Yellow-faced Honeyeater in gum tree
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Yellow-faced Honeyeater perched in gum tree
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 3.8 -
Yellow-faced Honeyeater perched
Locality Jerrabomberra, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 January 2012 5 weeks ago 3.5 -
Yellow-faced Honeyeater on tree
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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