Yellow-tinted honeyeater

The yellow-tinted honeyeater (Ptilotula flavescens) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in northern Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland) and Papua New Guinea.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Yellow-tinted honeyeater
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Ptilotula
Species:
P. flavescens
Binomial name
Ptilotula flavescens
(Gould, 1840)
Synonyms

Lichenostomus flavescens

The yellow-tinted honeyeater was previously included in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Ptilotula after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.[3][4]

  • Ptilotula flavescens, Gregory River, Queensland

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilotula flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704085A93952132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704085A93952132.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Ptilotula flavescens | Occurrence records". Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  3. 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.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.


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