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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Meliphaga
Scientific: Meliphaga lewinii
Citation: (Swainson, 1837)
Reference: Class.Birds 2 p.326
Protonym: Ptilotis lewinii
Avibase ID: 1EDA991AEBC7D97D
Short link: https://avibase.ca/1EDA991A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561072
Geographic range:
Meliphaga lewinii lewinii : E Australia (se Queensland to s Victoria)
Meliphaga lewinii amphochlora : NE Queensland (Lloyd Bay to Cooktown)
Meliphaga lewinii mab : E Queensland (Mossman to Fitzroy River)
Source: Clements checklist
English: Lewin's Honeyeater
Czech: medosavka jasnohlasá
German: Goldohr-Honigfresser
Danish: Guløret Honningæder
Spanish: Mielero de Lewin
Finnish: tummalaulumesikko
French: Méliphage de Lewin
Italian: Succiamiele di Lewin
Japanese: kimimimitsusui
Japanese: キミミミツスイ
Dutch: Geeloorhoningeter
Norwegian: Halvmånehonningeter
Polish: miodojad ciemny
Russian: Золотоухий медосос
Slovak: medárik zlatosluchý
Swedish: gulörad honungsfågel
Chinese: 利氏吸蜜鸟
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 00: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 01: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 02: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 03: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 04: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Méliphage de Lewin ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Méliphage de Lewin ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 1st edition: Lewin Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 3rd edition: Lewin Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 4th edition: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 5th edition (as published): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements, version 2015: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements, version 2016: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements, version 2017: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Clements, version 2018: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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eBird version 1.50: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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eBird version 2017: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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eBird version 2018: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Lewin Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Lewin Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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James Lee Peters: Meliphaga lewinii
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James Lee Peters (original): Meliphaga lewinii
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James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Meliphaga lewinii
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Sibley and Monroe (1993): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Lewin's Honeyeater ( Meliphaga lewinii )
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Meliphaga lewinii
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Meliphaga lewinii
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Taxonomic status:
Species status:
full species
Other synonyms
Catalan: menjamel de LewinCzech: medosavka jasnohlasá, Medosavka LewinovaDanish: Guløret HonningæderGerman: Goldohr-HonigfresserEnglish: Greater Lewin Honeyeater, Lewin Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Lewin's MeliphagaEnglish (IOC): Lewin's HoneyeaterSpanish: Melífago de Lewin, Mielero de LewinSpanish (Spain): Mielero de LewinSpanish (HBW): Lewin's HoneyeaterFinnish: TummalaulumesikkoFrench: Méliphage de LewinHungarian: aranyfülű mézevőItalian: Mangiamiele maggiore di Lewin, Succiamiele di LewinJapanese: kimimimitsusuiJapanese: キミミミツスイLatin: Meliphaga lewinii, Meliphaga lewinii lewinii, Ptilotis lewiniiLithuanian: Levino medčiulpysDutch: Geeloorhoningeter, Geeloor-honingeterNorwegian Nynorsk: HalvmånehonningetarNorwegian: Halmånehonningeter, HalvmånehonningeterPolish: miodojad ciemnyRussian: Золотоухий медососSlovak: medárik zlatosluchýSwedish: Gulörad honungsfågelUkrainian: Медолюб великийChinese: 利氏吸蜜鸟Chinese (Traditional): 利溫氏吸蜜鳥