Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Gliciphila melanops(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
The Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) 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
- Gliciphila melanops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Gliciphila melanops melanops
- Gliciphila melanops chelidonia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia melanops
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Wallia Australi [= New South Wales] .
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxxvi
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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