Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Yellow-faced Honeyeater
The Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Caligavis chrysops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Caligavis chrysops barroni
- Caligavis chrysops chrysops
- Caligavis chrysops samueli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia chrysops
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia; restricted to Sydney, New South Wales, by Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18 (1911), p. 406; cf. Stresemann, 1951, Emu, 50, p. 68.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.liv
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Honeyeaters
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Ptilotula ornata
White-plumed Honeyeater
Ptilotula penicillata
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Ptilotula flavescens
Fuscous Honeyeater
Ptilotula fusca
Grey-headed Honeyeater
Ptilotula keartlandi
Grey-fronted Honeyeater
Ptilotula plumula
Black-throated Honeyeater
Caligavis subfrenata
Obscure Honeyeater
Caligavis obscura
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Acanthagenys rufogularis
Little Wattlebird
Anthochaera chrysoptera
Western Wattlebird
Anthochaera lunulata
Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia
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