Brown Honeyeater

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Brown Honeyeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Lichmera
Species: L. indistincta
Binomial name
Lichmera indistincta
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

The Brown Honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta is a honeyeater, a group of birds found mainly in Australia and New Guinea which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding.

In Australia it occurs in thickets throughout much of western, northern and eastern Australia, being absent only from the coldest or wettest areas.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Lichmera indistincta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 29 December 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  • Storr, G. M. and R. E. Johnstone (1985). A Field Guide to the Birds of Western Australia (Second Edition). Perth, Western Australia: Western Australian Museum. ISBN 0-7244-8698-4. 

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