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Photo by Ken Doy
King Island, Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 2017

Gavicalis fasciogularis

Lichenostomus fasciogularis

Identification

19·5 cm (7¾ in)

Olive-brown upperparts
Greyish-brown rump and uppertail coverts
Yellow edges to wing and tail feathers
Yellowish-brown throat
Broad black band through the eye, bordered below by a yellow streak

Distribution

Found in coastal eastern Australia (central Queensland to Hastings River, New South Wales)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Formerly placed in the genus Lichenostomus.

Habitat

Most found in mangrove forests and other coastal woodlands in bays, estuaries and on islands.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of nectar and invertebrates (such as insects, marine snails and crabs), also possibly fruit.

Breeding

They construct a cup-shaped nest from dried grass, sea grass and other plant fibres.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mangrove Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mangrove_Honeyeater

External Links

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-;Lichenostomus fasciogularis
+[[Image:Mangrove Honeyeater 00000001.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Ken+Doy|Ken Doy}}<br />King Island, Wellington Point, Brisbane, [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], August 2017]]
-[[Image:Mangrove_Honeyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant]]
+;[[:Category:Gavicalis|Gavicalis]] fasciogularis
+''Lichenostomus fasciogularis''
 ==Identification==
-Location:  Lota, SE Qld
+·5 cm (7¾ in)
-Description
+*Olive-brown upperparts
-Mangrove Honeyeaters are medium-sized honeyeaters, dark grey-brown backed with yellow edges to the wing and tail feathers and yellowish brown throat. A broad black band through the eye is bordered below by a yellow streak. The bird’s two to four note call is clear and strong and is repeated in a rollicking sequence.
+*Greyish-brown rump and uppertail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
+*Yellow edges to wing and tail feathers
+*Yellowish-brown throat
+*Broad black band through the eye, bordered below by a yellow streak
-Location and habitat
+==Distribution==
-Distribution
+Found in coastal eastern [[Australia]] (central [[Queensland]] to Hastings River, [[New South Wales]])
-Confined to the coastal fringe and offshore islands of eastern Australia from the Townsville area, Queensland south to the NSW north coast. It is common in Queensland but rare in NSW, where a few colonies exist at scattered localities, including the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence River estuaries and Stuarts Point south of Macksville.
-Habitat and ecology
+==Taxonomy==
-Primary habitat is mangrove forest but the species also occurs in other near-coastal forests and woodlands, including casuarina and paperbark swamp forests.
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
-It sometimes frequents adjacent shrublands and woodlands dominated by banksias and eucalypts.
-It sometimes visits gardens in coastal towns.
-Regional information
-This species is found in the following catchment management authority regions. Click on a region name to see more details about the distribution, vegetation types and habitat preference of the species in that region.
-Northern Rivers
+Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Lichenostomus|Lichenostomus]]''.
-Threats
+==Habitat==
-Clearing of old mangrove stands and adjoining forest and woodland vegetation for tourist, residential and infrastructure development.
+Most found in mangrove forests and other coastal woodlands in bays, estuaries and on islands.
-Use of herbicides and pesticides in agriculture and to protect tourist and residential areas.
-Pollution of estuarine areas.
-What needs to be done to recover this species?
-Plant locally occurring nectar-producing plants in gardens close to estuarine habitats.
-Protect coastal estuaries from pollution.
-Avoid the use of pesticides and herbicides adjacent to water ways and estuarine areas.
-Protect old mangrove forests and adjoining stands of swamp forest and vegetation containing nectar-producing trees and shrubs.
+==Behaviour==
+====Diet====
+Their diet consists mostly of nectar and invertebrates (such as insects, marine snails and crabs), also possibly fruit.
+====Breeding====
+They construct a cup-shaped nest from dried grass, sea grass and other plant fibres.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Lichenostomus+fasciogularis+ View more images of Mangrove Honeyeater in the gallery]
+{{GSearch|Honeyeater+fasciogularis}}
-[[Category:Birds]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Gavicalis]]