Fuscous honeyeater

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Fuscous honeyeater
Ptilotula fusca - Glen Alice.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Ptilotula
Species:
P. fusca
Binomial name
Ptilotula fusca
(Gould, 1837)
Synonyms

Lichenostomus fuscus

The fuscous honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to eastern Australia. The honeyeater mostly appears in different shades of grey, green and yellow.[citation needed]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

The fuscous honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Ptilotula after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ptilotula fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704088A130252398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704088A130252398.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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