Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Lichenostomus melanops(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
The Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus 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
- Lichenostomus melanops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Lichenostomus melanops meltoni
- Lichenostomus melanops melanops
- Lichenostomus melanops gippslandicus
- Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus melanops
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia ; restricted to Sydney, New South Wales by Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18 (1911), p. 408.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xl
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Purple-gaped Honeyeater
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Mangrove Honeyeater
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Singing Honeyeater
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Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
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White-plumed Honeyeater
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Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
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