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Scaly-crowned honeyeater

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Scaly-crowned honeyeater
Indonesian honeyeater (above), and scaly-crowned honeyeater (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884
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L. lombokia
Binomial name
Lichmera lombokia
(Mathews, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilotis virescens

The scaly-crowned honeyeater (Lichmera lombokia) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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