Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) - HBW 13, p. 604
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 Enlarge map
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An adult feeding two chicks in the nest and an adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Australia
Tom Tarrant 1995 7 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a branch, preening Locality Cyanide Dam, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Matt Weeks 17 January 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.1 -
A group of birds drinking Locality Cyanide Dam, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Matt Weeks 17 January 2005 4 years ago 10 sec 4 -
Two birds drinking, followed by closer looks at individual birds Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 2 December 2007 2 years ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on nectar and then perched on a branch Locality Cleland Wildlife Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nick Talbot 3 October 2004 6 years ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch, calling, then flying away Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanops)
Nick Talbot 19 May 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4
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Yellow tufted honeyeater perching in low branch.
Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 28 November 2011 22 weeks ago 4.7 -
Feeding on eucalyptus flowers
Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 23 June 2007 1 year ago 3.7 -
A single bird calling
Locality Featherdale Wildlife Park, New South Wales, Australia
nrg800 1 January 2011 13 weeks ago 3.2 -
One of many birds drinking at waterhole.
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia (ssp meltoni)
Tom Tarrant 2 November 2008 2 years ago 2.5
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