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Mangrove Honeyeater

Gavicalis fasciogularis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreWoodlandCup nestSmall · 27 g
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 1
Photo: Patrick Connolly · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 2
Photo: Natasha Taylor · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 3
Photo: Natasha Taylor · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 4
Photo: Martin Rady · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 5
Photo: Martin Rady · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 6
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 7
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 8
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis), photo 9
Photo: Natasha Taylor · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Voice: The song is loud, melodious and ringing, but varying, e.g. "whit-u-we-u". It is classified as scolding chatter. Small honeyeaters are often musical, while larger ones make a larger raucous sound.

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When to see the Mangrove Honeyeater

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mangrove Honeyeater

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Mangrove Honeyeater

The mangrove honeyeater is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species was once considered to be conspecific with the varied honeyeater, but it is now treated as a separate species. These two species form a genus with the singing honeyeater.

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Easily confused with

Varied Honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor) Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolorThe varied honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescensSinging honeyeaters can vary in length from 17–22 cm (6.7–8.7 in).

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