Bridled honeyeater

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Bridled honeyeater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Bolemoreus
Species:
B. frenatus
Binomial name
Bolemoreus frenatus
(Ramsay, 1874)
Synonyms

Lichenostomus frenatus

The bridled honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae with distinctive rein-like markings on its face that is endemic to northeastern Queensland. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist upland forests and subtropical or tropical rainforests, usually above 300 meters. In winter, it descends to lower forests including mangroves, and can sometimes be seen in more open habitats.

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Description

The bridled honeyeater is a medium to large dusky honeyeater with a white gape and bicoloured bill. It has a blue eye with a yellow line below and white line behind, a yellow tuft on ear and a large, white-grey patch on the side of the neck. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and systematics

The scientific name for the bridled honeyeater is Bolemoreus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874). [4] Initially designated Ptilotis frenata Ramsay, E.P. 1874, then Lichenostomus frenatus and lastly Bolemoreus frenatus. [5]

Both the bridled honeyeater and Eungella honeyeater were previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus , but were moved to Bolemoreus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was not a natural unit. [6] [7] [8] The bird belongs to the family Meliphagidae. [5]

The Australian Museum holds syntypes for this species numbered AM O.18560 an adult female, AM O.18561 adult male and AM O.18562 adult female all found in the Cardwell area of Queensland. [5]

The genus name, Bolemoreus, was created in 2011 and derives from "Boles and Longmore's bird" which honours Walter Boles and N. Wayne Longmore two Australian ornithologists. [9] The species name, frenatus, was proposed by Ramsay [4] from the Latin for bridle or reins referring to the markings on the face and base of bill. [9]

Behaviour and ecology

The bridled honeyeater is found in upland rainforest and wet eucalypt forest above an altitude of 300 metres in the Atherton region, north-east Queensland, Australia. [10] The range extends from the Bloomfield-Mt Amos area south to Mt Spec. Some birds move to lower altitude in Winter. [3] The population is considered to be stable with no identified threats or declines. [10] Population isn't quantified although it is considered common in some parts of its range. [1]

When trees are fruiting or flowering the honeyeater may gather in large, quarrelsome flocks but they are otherwise solitary and elusive. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Bolemoreus frenatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22704043A93949704. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704043A93949704.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Slater, Peter; Slater, Pat; Slater, Raoul (2009). The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (2nd ed.). London, Sydney, Auckland: Reed New Holland. pp. 298–299. ISBN   9781877069635.
  3. 1 2 3 Menkhorst, Peter; Rogers, Danny; Clarke, Rohan; Davies, Jeff; Marsack, Peter; Franklin, Kim (2017). The Australian Bird Guide . Clayton, Vic: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 388–389. ISBN   978-0643097544.
  4. 1 2 Ramsay, E.P. (15 Aug 1874). "Natural history. Australian Zoology. The following descriptions of three species of birds new to science". Sydney Mail. p. 201.
  5. 1 2 3 "Species Bolemoreus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874), Bridled Honeyeater: Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  6. ↑ Nyári, Á.S.; Joseph, L. (2011). "Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities". Emu. 111 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047. S2CID   85333285.
  7. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Boles, Walter. "Eungella Honeyeater". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. 1 2 Fraser, Ian; Gray, Jeannie (2019). Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings. Clayton South, Vic: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 184, 198–199. ISBN   9781486311637.
  10. 1 2 Ekstrom, J; Butchart, S; M, Harding; Fisher, S (2020). "BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Bolemoreus frenatus". Birdlife International. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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