Species Gavicalis versicolor (Gould, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

Generic Combinations

• Lichenostomus versicolor (Gould, 1843).
• Gavicalis versicolor (Gould, 1843). —
  Nyári, A.S. & Joseph, L. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities. Emu 111: 202–211

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, human habitation, mangrove or mangal.

 

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Varied Honeyeater)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	PASSERIFORMES	02-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
10-Nov-2020		04-Feb-2013	MOVED
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2010	MODIFIED