Spotted Honeyeater
Xanthotis polygrammus(Gray, GR, 1862)
English (US) Spotted Honeyeater
The Spotted Honeyeater (Xanthotis polygrammus) 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
- Xanthotis polygrammus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Xanthotis polygrammus polygrammus
- Xanthotis polygrammus poikilosternos
- Xanthotis polygrammus septentrionalis
- Xanthotis polygrammus lophotis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis polygramma
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
- Type locality
- Waigeu Island.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.3 p.429
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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