Lichmera
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| Lichmera | |
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| Brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Lichmera Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Glyciphila ocularis[1] Gould, 1838
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Lichmera is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Lichmera was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. He listed two species in the new genus but did not specify a type species.[2] In 1854 the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte designate the type as Glyciphila ocularis Gould, which is now treated as a subspecies of the brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta ocularis).[3][4] The genus name Lichmera is from Ancient Greek λιχμηρης/likhmērēs meaning "licking with the tongue".[5]
The genus contains nine species:[6]
- Scaly-crowned honeyeater, Lichmera lombokia – western Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Sumbawa, and Flores)
- Olive honeyeater, Lichmera argentauris – Lusaolate (north of central Seram), Kekek (east of Obi Islands), Damar Island (south of Halmahera; north, central Moluccas) and islets of Raja Ampat Islands (northwest of New Guinea)
- Brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta – Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Aru Islands, central south New Guinea and west, north, central, east Australia
- Grey-eared honeyeater, Lichmera incana – central, south Vanuatu and New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands
- Silver-eared honeyeater, Lichmera alboauricularis – central north and southeast New Guinea
- Scaly-breasted honeyeater, Lichmera squamata – Wetar and Leti to Babar Islands (east Lesser Sunda Islands) and Tayandu, Kai, and Tanimbar Islands (south Moluccas)
- Buru honeyeater, Lichmera deningeri – montane Buru (central west Moluccas)
- Seram honeyeater, Lichmera monticola – montane west, central Seram (central east Moluccas)
- Flame-eared honeyeater, Lichmera flavicans – Timor (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Black-necklaced honeyeater, Lichmera notabilis – Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
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