The yellow-tinted honeyeater (''Ptilotula flavescens'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea ...
.
It is found in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
Its natural
habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forest
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s and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The yellow-tinted honeyeater was previously included in the genus ''
Lichenostomus
''Lichenostomus'' is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia.
The genus formerly contained twenty species but it was split after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. Former members were ...
'', but was moved to ''
Ptilotula
''Ptilotula '' is a genus of honeyeater consisting of species occurring in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The genus consists of six former members of ''Lichenostomus'', and was created after a molecular analysis showed the genus was polyphylet ...
'' after a
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
.
Gallery
File:Yellow-tinted Honeyeater 7377.jpg, Ptilotula flavescens Gregory River, Queensland
References
yellow-tinted honeyeater
The yellow-tinted honeyeater (''Ptilotula flavescens'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or trop ...
Birds of the Northern Territory
Birds of Cape York Peninsula
Birds of Papua New Guinea
yellow-tinted honeyeater
The yellow-tinted honeyeater (''Ptilotula flavescens'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or trop ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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