yellow honeyeater
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Yellow honeyeater
| image = Lichenostromus falvus.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Stomiopera
| species = flava
| authority = (Gould, 1843)
| synonyms = Lichenostomus flavus}}
The yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Overview
Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist lowland forest and mangrove forest.
The yellow honeyeater hovers in front of the spectacular flowers of the bottlebrush orchid (Coelandria smillieae), which appear in northern Queensland between August and November, while feeding upon the nectar and pollinating the flowers.Jones, David L. (2006). A complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia, including the island territories. New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. 2086 Australia. p.385. {{ISBN|1-877069-12-4}}.
The yellow honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Stomiopera after a 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 }}
Gallery
File:Stomiopera flavus 0521.jpg|Yellow honeyeater north Queensland.
file:Yellow honeyeater 8320.jpg|Stomiopera flava, Cairns
File:20070822 5358 Yellow Honeyeater.JPG|
File:Melicope-rubra-SF24051-05.jpg|Feeding on flowers of the little Evodia (Melicope rubra).
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Stomiopera flava}}
{{Wikispecies|Lichenostomus flavus}}
- [https://ebird.org/species/yelhon1 Photos, audio and video of yellow honeyeater] from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library
- [http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=281&p=154 Recordings of yellow honeyeater] from Graeme Chapman's sound archive
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Category:Birds of Cape York Peninsula
Category:Endemic birds of Queensland
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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