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Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater
Lichmera [indistincta or limbata] (= Lichmera indistincta) (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
The brown honeyeater belongs to the honeyeaters, a group of birds found mainly in Australia and New Guinea, which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding. It is a medium-small brownish bird, with yellow-olive panels in the tail and wing, and a yellow tuft behind the eye. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Meliphagidae
Genus:
Lichmera
Scientific:
Lichmera indistincta
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Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Meliphagidae
Genus:
Lichmera
Scientific:
Lichmera indistincta
Original description
Citation:
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Reference:
Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1) p.315
Protonym:
Meliphaga indistincta
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Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
7CF36CE07942A2F4
Avibase ID:
avibase-7CF36CE0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7CF36CE0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560811
Geographic range:
- Lichmera limbata: Bali and Lesser Sundas to Flores and Timor
- Lichmera indistincta indistincta: SW Western Australia north and east to nw Queensland
- Lichmera indistincta ocularis: SE New Guinea and ne Australia (Cape York Pen. to n NSW)
- Lichmera indistincta nupta: Aru Islands
- Lichmera indistincta melvillensis: Melville and Bathurst Islands (Northern Territory)
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Source: Clements checklist
Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater
French:
Méliphage brunâtre ou M. frangé
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater ( Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Méliphage brunâtre ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Lichmera indistincta [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Lichmera indistincta [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Lichmera indistincta [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lichmera indistincta [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
Catalan: menjamel bru
Czech: Medosavka hnedá, medosavka hnědavá
Danish: Indonesisk Honningæder
German: Braunhonigfresser
English: Brown Honeyeater, Brown or Indonesian Honeyeater
Spanish: Mielero pardo, Pájaro Miel Castaño
Finnish: Harmaavihermesikko
French: Méliphage brunâtre, Méliphage brunâtre ou M. frangé
Croatian: pepeljastoprsi medojed
Hungarian: barna mézevő
Indonesian: Burung sedap madu cocklat, Isapmadu Australia
Italian: Succiamiele bruno, Succiamiele d'Indonesia
Japanese (romaji): sameiromitsusui
Japanese: サメイロミツスイ
Scientific: Lichmera [indistincta or limbata], Lichmera indistincta, Lichmera indistincta indistincta, Meliphaga Indistincta
Lithuanian: Rudoji lichmera
Dutch: Balinese Honingeter
Norwegian: Brunhonningeter
Polish: miodojadek brazowy, miodojadek brązowy
Portuguese: papa-mel-castanho
Russian: бурая лихмера, Коричневый медосос
Slovak: Medárik hnedý
Serbian: Smeđi medojed
Swedish: Brun honungsfågel
Turkish: Kahverengi Balkuşu
Ukrainian: Медовець бурий
Chinese: 褐岩吸蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 褐岩吸蜜鳥
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