Yellow honeyeater
Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Speciesbox The yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Overview
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Gallery
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Yellow honeyeater north Queensland.
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Stomiopera flava, Cairns
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Feeding on flowers of the little Evodia (Melicope rubra).
References
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- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN.
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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