Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Golden-backed Honeyeater* |
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Melithreptus laetior |
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Description (10)
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Golden-backed Honeyeater
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Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)
Size
15.50 - 17 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1875)
Derivation
Mel-i-threp'-tus - Gk, meli, honey; Gk, threptos, nourished: lae'-ti-or - L., laerior, pleasing
Habitat
Drier eucalypt forests, woodlands, timbered watercourses, often with no understorey. Scrubs, Ironbark forests.
Australia (B).
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Mid-western, central and northern Australia, extending south and east to Lake Eyre and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Insects and nectar.
Nest
A deep cup composed of bark fiber and grass bound with cobweb, in the drooping leafy twigs of a tree, usually more than 5 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2; pale fleshy-buff, sparingly blotched and marked reddish-brown, especially at the larger end; oval; about 22 x 16 mm. Incubation: probably 14 - 15 days.
Young
Fledge in 13 - 14 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) and Golden-backed Honeyeater (Melithreptus laetior) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Melithreptus gularis following Christidis and Boles (1994).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis).
Similar Species
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) which also has a black throat and White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis) which has a pure white throat and underparts. Calls also differ.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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