Green-backed Honeyeater
Glycichaera fallaxSalvadori, AT, 1878
English (US) Green-backed Honeyeater
The Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax) 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
- Glycichaera fallax
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-backed Honeyeater
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1878
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Glycichaera fallax pallida
- Glycichaera fallax fallax
- Glycichaera fallax claudi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1878
- Type locality
- Naiabui (Hall Sound, southeastern New Guinea), Andai (Vogelkop Peninsula) and Aru Islands; restricted to Hall Sound by Mayr and Rand, 1936, Orn. Monatsb., 44, p. 43.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 12 p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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