Yellow honeyeater
| Yellow honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Stomiopera |
| Species: | S. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Stomiopera flava (Gould, 1843)
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Lichenostomus flavus | |
The yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Overview
[edit]Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist lowland forest and mangrove forest.
The yellow honeyeater hovers in front of the spectacular flowers of the bottlebrush orchid (Coelandria smillieae), which appear in northern Queensland between August and November, while feeding upon the nectar and pollinating the flowers.[2]
The yellow honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Stomiopera after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.[3][4]
Gallery
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Yellow honeyeater north Queensland. -
Stomiopera flava, Cairns -
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Feeding on flowers of the little Evodia (Melicope rubra).
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Stomiopera flava". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704064A130252125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704064A130252125.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia, including the island territories. New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. 2086 Australia. p.385. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.
- ^ Nyári, Á.S.; Joseph, L. (2011). "Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities". Emu. 111 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047. S2CID 85333285.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
External links
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- Photos, audio and video of yellow honeyeater from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library
- Recordings of yellow honeyeater from Graeme Chapman's sound archive
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