Yellow honeyeater
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| Species: | S. flava
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| Stomiopera flava (Gould, 1843)
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The yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia.
Overview
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The yellow honeyeater hovers in front of the spectacular flowers of the wild bottlebrush orchid or 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.
Literature
- 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. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Jones (2006), p. 385.
- ^ 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: 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Lichenostomus flavus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lichenostomus flavus at Wikispecies
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