Indonesian honeyeater
| Indonesian honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Lichmera |
| Species: | L. limbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lichmera limbata (Müller, 1843)
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The Indonesian honeyeater (Lichmera limbata) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is the only species of honeyeater to occur west of the Wallace Line, the biogeographical boundary between the Australian-Papuan and Oriental zoogeographical regions. The species is sometimes considered conspecific with the brown honeyeater.
Distribution and habitat[]
It is endemic to Indonesia and East Timor, where it occurs in Bali and the Lesser Sundas from Lombok to Timor. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Lichmera limbata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
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