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Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta (Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 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
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Meliphagidae
Genus:
Lichmera
Scientific:
Lichmera indistincta
Original description
Citation:
(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827)
Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London
15, pt.1 p.315
Imprint year:
1826
Protonym:
Meliphaga indistincta
Type locality:
King George Sound, southern Western Australia.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13694#page/324/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
D198F053A9A3676F
Avibase ID:
avibase-D198F053
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D198F053
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560811
Geographic range:
- Lichmera indistincta indistincta: southwestern Western Australia northward and eastward to northwestern Queensland
- Lichmera indistincta ocularis: southeastern New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales)
- Lichmera indistincta nupta: Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
- Lichmera indistincta melvillensis: Melville and Bathurst islands (Northern Territory)
Source: Clements checklist
Brown Honeyeater
Catalan:
menjamel bru
Czech:
medosavka hnědavá
Danish:
Brun Honningæder
German:
Braunhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Pardo
Spanish (Spain):
Mielero Pardo
Finnish:
harmaavihermesikko
French:
Méliphage brunâtre
Croatian:
pepeljastoprsi medojed
Hungarian:
barna mézevő
Italian:
Succiamiele bruno
Japanese (romaji):
sameiromitsusui
Japanese:
サメイロミツスイ
Lithuanian:
Rudoji lichmera
Dutch:
Parkhoningeter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunhonningetar
Norwegian:
Brunhonningeter
Polish:
miodojadek brązowy
Portuguese (Portugal):
Papa-mel-castanho
Russian:
Бурый медолюб
Slovak:
medárik hnedý
Serbian:
Smeđi medojed
Swedish:
brun honungsfågel
Ukrainian:
Медовець бурий
Chinese:
褐岩吸蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
褐岩吸蜜鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Méliphage brunâtre ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Brown Honeyeater ( Lichmera indistincta) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lichmera indistincta [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Lichmera [indistincta or limbata]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: menjamel bru
Czech: Medosavka hnedá, medosavka hnědavá
Danish: Brun Honningæder
German: Braunhonigfresser, Braun-Honigfresser
English: Australian Brown Honeater, Brown Honeyeater
English, HBW: Brown Honeyeater (Brown)
English (IOC): Brown Honeyeater
English (United States): Brown Honeyeater
Spanish: Mielero Pardo, Pájaro Miel Castaño
Spanish (Spain): Mielero Pardo
Spanish (HBW): Brown Honeyeater
Finnish: Harmaavihermesikko
French: Méliphage brunâtre, Méliphage délavé
Croatian: pepeljastoprsi medojed
Hungarian: barna mézevő
Indonesian: Burung isap madu Australi, Isapmadu Australia, Isap-madu australia
Italian: Mangiamiele modesto, Succiamiele bruno
Japanese (romaji): sameiromitsusui
Japanese: サメイロミツスイ
Scientific: Lichmera indistincta, Lichmera indistincta indistincta, Meliphaga Indistincta
Lithuanian: Rudoji lichmera
Dutch: Balinese Honingeter, Parkhoningeter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunhonningetar
Norwegian: Brunhonningeter
Polish: miodojadek brazowy, miodojadek brązowy
Portuguese (Portugal): Papa-mel-castanho
Russian: бурая лихмера, Бурый медолюб, 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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