Olive Honeyeater
Lichmera argentauris(Finsch, FHO, 1871)
English (US) Olive Honeyeater
The Olive Honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris) 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.
Range: Moluccas and Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lichmera argentauris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis argentauris
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO, 1871)
- Type locality
- 'Neu Guinea und die Papu-Inseln' ; restricted to Waigeu Island by Stresemann, 1912, Novit. Zool., 19, p. 345.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 2 p.364
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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