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Brown Honeyeater

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Photo by stoopToowoomba, Queensland, Australia, June 2007
Photo by stoop
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, June 2007
Lichmera indistincta

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[edit] Identification

  • Dark olive brown upperparts
  • Pale grey underparts
  • Yellow tuft behind eye
  • Yellow-olive wing patches and tail
  • Long curved black bill

[edit] Distribution

JuvenilePhoto by Tom TarrantSamsonvale, Southeast Queensland, Australia, September 2005
Juvenile
Photo by Tom Tarrant
Samsonvale, Southeast Queensland, Australia, September 2005

Asia and Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Lesser Sundas, Moluccas
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, Australia: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are 4 subspecies:

  • L. i. ocularis:
  • South-eastern New Guinea and north-eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula to northern [[New South Wales)
  • L. i. nupta:
  • Aru Islands
  • L. i. indistincta:
  • L. i. melvillensis:

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland near water, mangroves, heathland, and urban gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes nectar and insects.

[edit] Breeding

The female builds a cup shaped nest from bark, grass and down. The female incubates the eggs, and both sexes feed the young.

[edit] Vocalisation

Has a lound strident call.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Birds in Backyards

[edit] External Links

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