Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavescens) - HBW 13, p. 608
French:
Méliphage flavescent
German: Sichelohr-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Amarillento
Other common names: Pale-yellow/Yellowish Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis
flavescens Gould, 1840, Derby, King Sound, Western Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with L. fuscus, with which formerly often
considered conspecific; both are part of a species group that
includes also L. ornatus, L. plumulus and L.
penicillatus. New Guinea birds very similar in appearance to
Australian ones, but treated by some authors as a separate race,
germanus (described from Laloki R, in Port Moresby District);
further study required. Proposed races deserticola (from
Margaret R, in Kimberley District of Western Australia) and zanda
(from Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, in Queensland) are sy.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with L. fuscus, with which formerly often considered conspecific; both are part of a species group that includes also L. ornatus, L. plumulus and L. penicillatus. New Guinea birds very similar in appearance to Australian ones, but treated by some authors as a separate race, germanus (described from Laloki R, in Port Moresby District); further study required. Proposed races deserticola (from Margaret R, in Kimberley District of Western Australia) and zanda (from Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, in Queensland) are synonyms of nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melvillensis (Mathews, 1912) - Tiwi Is (Bathurst I, Melville I), off N Northern Territory, in N Australia.
- flavescens (Gould, 1840) - SE New Guinea (from Aroa R E to near Port Moresby, inland to Sogeri Plateau); and from N Western Australia (Kimberley Division and associated offshore islands) E through S Top End (largely absent Arafura coast and most of Arnhem Land) to N & NW Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One of several birds around Eucalypts in town.
Locality Gregory Downs, Queensland, Australia (ssp flavescens)
Tom Tarrant 8 August 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Perched
Locality Mary Pool, Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 30 July 2010 47 weeks ago 3
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