Species Nesoptilotis leucotis (Latham, 1801)

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Generic Combinations

• Lichenostomus leucotis (Latham, 1801).
• Nesoptilotis leucotis (Latham, 1801). —
  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

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, human habitation, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt, wet sclerophyll forest.

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. (White-eared Honeyeater)

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