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Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis) Alternate name(s): "Fasciated Honeyeater", "Scaly-throated Honeyeater", "Island Honeyeater" Size: 18-21 cm Body mass: 22-33 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description Click here for a physical description Mangrove Honeyeaters are small to medium-sized nectar-eating birds. Their most prominent feature are conspicuous black eye stripes above a yellow-grey scalloped throat and a white patch unter the ear coverts. The chest is dark-grey, the belly is grey with some darker brownish-grey streaking. The vent and undertail coverts are grey. The back is dark-grey; only the flight feathers have yellowish-olive leading edges. The tail is grey. The irises are dark blue-grey. The slightly down-curved bill is dark-grey, while the legs and feet are grey. Twitcher's tip Compared with both Varied Honeyeaters and Singing Honeyeaters, Mangrove Honeyeaters are much greyer and darker.

Taxonomy, classification See Mangrove Honeyeater at Wikipedia . Click here for classification information The classification of Australian honeyeater species, mainly in the genus "Lichenostomus", has undergone a major revision, with many species now moved into several newly defined genera (Gavicalis, Stomiopera, Ptilotula, Nesoptilotis).

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Mangrove Honeyeater is available HERE . Mangrove Honeyeaters are endemic to eastern Australia. They populate a narrow strip along part of the East coast, from Townsville, QLD, southward to northern NSW, just to the North of the Hunter River. At the northern end of their range Mangrove Honeyeaters can hybridize with Varied Honeyeaters. Mangrove Honeyeaters have a preference for mangrove thickets. They are also found in gardens.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting Mangrove Honeyeaters in suburban Brisbane, QLD, in January 2013. B. Kinross reports spotting Mangrove Honeyeaters semi-regularly in Beachmere, QLD, e.g. in April 2014, June 2014 and June 2015. M. Eaton found Mangrove Honeyeaters at various locations along the East coast of QLD, ranging from near the border with NSW to Cairns, QLD.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Mangrove Honeyeater issuing its call (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Near-frontal view of a Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Near-frontal view of a Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Nudgee Beach, QLD, February 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Mangrove Honeyeater in mellow light (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, April 2014]

Lateral view of a Mangrove Honeyeater looking at the observer (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Lateral portrait of a Mangrove Honeyeater in mellow light (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, June 2015]

Lateral view of a Mangrove Honeyeater issuing its call (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Nudgee Beach, QLD, February 2018]

Close-up lateral/ventral view of a Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Lateral/ventral view of a Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[King Island, Moreton Bay, QLD, January 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of a juvenile Mangrove Honeyeater; note the absence of dusky barring on the throat
(photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, June 2014]

Near-frontal view of a juvenile Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Near-lateral view of a juvenile Mangrove Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tannum Sands, Gladstone, QLD, June 2021]

Lateral view of a juvenile Mangrove Honeyeater; note the prominent olive tones (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Inskip Point, QLD, December 2017]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial

Mobility: Sedentary/locally nomadic

Elementary unit: Solitary/pair

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

manghon_me_20210704.m4a	E QLD	Territorial calls? (Q&A)	© ME
manghon_me_20210704_2.m4a	E QLD	Territorial calls? (Q&A)	© ME
manghon_me_20210410.m4a	E QLD	? (pair foraging)	© ME

More Mangrove Honeyeater sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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