Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) - HBW 13
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
French: Méliphage cornu
German: Gelbstirn-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Orejigualdo
Other common names: Black-faced/Gippsland Yellow-buffed/Golden-tufted/Spectacled/Subcrested/Yellow-throated Honeyeater; Helmeted Honeyeater (cassidix)
Taxonomy: Turdus melanops Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Closest to L. cratitius and L. keartlandi. Race cassidix formerly considered a separate species by some authors. Birds in E Victoria and SE New South Wales intermediate between latter and nominate, and sometimes treated as intergrades; analysis of microsatellite-DNA variation within species, however, supports their recognition as race gippslandicus (and provides no evidence for recent introgression between cassidix and gippslandicus or cassidix and meltoni). Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- meltoni (Mathews, 1912) - W watershed of Great Divide, narrowly extending to E watershed of SE Queensland, S to NE & CN Victoria, thence W to border region near South Australia, with outlying populations at high altitude in Snowy R watershed and Mt Kosciusko region (SE New South Wales).
- melanops (Latham, 1801) - New South Wales E of Great Divide.
- gippslandicus (Wakefield, 1958) - E Victoria (W Gippsland) E to extreme SE New South Wales (Narooma and Eden).
- cassidix (Gould, 1867) - Yellingbo area, in W Gippsland (CS Victoria).
- Least Concern
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An adult feeding two chicks in the nest and an adult perched on a branch and flying away Australia
Tom Tarrant 1995 5 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a branch, preening Cyanide Dam, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Matt Weeks 17 January 2005 2 years ago 23 sec 4.1 -
A group of birds drinking Cyanide Dam, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Matt Weeks 17 January 2005 2 years ago 10 sec 4 -
Two birds drinking, followed by closer looks at individual birds Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 2 December 2007 17 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on nectar and then perched on a branch Cleland Wildlife Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nick Talbot 3 October 2004 3 years ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch, calling, then flying away Chiltern-Mt.Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Nick Talbot 19 May 2006 3 years ago 22 sec 4
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One of many birds drinking at waterhole. Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia (ssp meltoni)
Tom Tarrant 2 November 2008 12 weeks ago 3
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