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
Citation:
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Reference:
Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1) p.315
Protonym:
Meliphaga indistincta
Avibase ID:
7CF36CE07942A2F4
Avibase ID:
avibase-7CF36CE0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7CF36CE0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560811
Geographic range:
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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