Olive Honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris)

Other Names (World)
Olive Honeyeater, Plain Olive Honeyeater, Silver Honeyeater, Silver-streaked Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Finsch, 1870)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland. Also, subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Halmahera, Damar, Gebe, West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Schildpad, Misool), Lusaolate I (off northern Seram) and almost certainly Seram.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A harsh 'zhip'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Olive Honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris) [XC37828]
by Mike Catsis from Lusaolate Island, off Sawai, Seram, Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Olive Honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris) [XC37827]
by Mike Catsis from Lusaolate Island, off Sawai, Seram, Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Scaly-crowned Honeyeater (Lichmera lombokia). Birds from Halmahera, Damar and Gebe sometimes separated as a geographical subspecies, chloris (described from Gebe I), but morphological differences considered insignificant. Birds on Lusaolate I (off northern Seram) described as subspecies patasiwa, but unlikely to be distinct and species not resident on this island.

References
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