Lichmera
Sign in to saveLichmera is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMeliphagidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 127
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Collections
- ANWC
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Meliphagidae
- Image
- Brown Honeyeater kobble sep05.jpg
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- Lichmera
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Lichmera
- topic's main category
- Category:Lichmera
- Commons gallery
- Lichmera
- endemic to
- Australia
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Lichmera is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
==Taxonomy== The genus Lichmera was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. He listed two species in the new genus but did not specify a type species. In 1854 the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte designate the type as Glyciphila ocularis Gould, which is now treated as a subspecies of the brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta ocularis). The genus name Lichmera is from Ancient Greek λιχμηρης/likhmērēs meaning "licking with the tongue".
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