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Sighting 4385314

Ptilotula penicillata

White-plumed Honeyeater at Gungahlin, ACT

Ptilotula penicillata at Gungahlin, ACT - 28 Jun 2021 02:38 PM
Ptilotula penicillata at Gungahlin, ACT - 28 Jun 2021 02:38 PM
Ptilotula penicillata at Gungahlin, ACT - 28 Jun 2021 02:38 PM
Ptilotula penicillata at Gungahlin, ACT - 28 Jun 2021 02:38 PM
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Identification history

Ptilotula penicillata 4 Jul 2021 natureguy
Ptilotula penicillatus 4 Jul 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Ptilotula penicillatus 30 Jun 2021 TrishGungahlin

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Is this bird a white-plumed honeyeater?

4 comments

natureguy wrote:
   30 Jun 2021
It is a White-plumed Honeyeater but for some reason the Ptilotula penicillata in the system isn't showing up with the dropdown menu (a glitch with many species at the moment) so I can't confirm the sighting. The species you suggested from the dropdown menu was a deleted duplicate not actually present in the system.
TrishGungahlin wrote:
   30 Jun 2021
Lichenostomus pencillatus is the name given for White-plumed Honeyeater in the 'Birds of the ACT' book. Is this right?
natureguy wrote:
   30 Jun 2021
That is the former name for the species. The genus Lichenostomus which was one of the main honeyeater genera was split into many genera following taxonomic revision somewhat recently, and White-plumed Honeyeater was moved into the genus Ptilotula. Only 2 species remain in the genus Lichenostomus (Yellow-tufted and Purple-gaped Honeyeaters).
natureguy wrote:
   4 Jul 2021
Reconfirmed to move into species already listed in taxonomy rather than new species in dropdown menu from bug. I also deleted the bugged species.

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Species information

  • Ptilotula penicillata Scientific name
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 950.35m Recorded at altitude
  • 502 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Lichenostomus penicillatus Ptilotula penicillatus

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