Varied honeyeater

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| name = Varied honeyeater

| image = Lichenostomus versicolor 3838.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Gavicalis versicolor |volume=2016 |page=e.T22704055A93950328 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704055A93950328.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Gavicalis

| species = versicolor

| authority = (Gould, 1843)

| synonyms = Lichenostomus versicolor}}

The varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in coastal areas of New Guinea and eastern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web |title=Species profile—Gavicalis versicolor (varied honeyeater) |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1510 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Species information |publisher=Queensland Government}} Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The varied honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Gavicalis after molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.{{cite journal | last1=Nyári | first1=Á.S. | last2=Joseph | first2=L. | year= 2011 |title= Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities |journal= Emu | volume= 111 | issue=3 | pages=202–211 |doi=10.1071/mu10047| s2cid=85333285 }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Honeyeaters | work= World Bird List Version 6.1 | url= http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date= 28 January 2016 }}