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Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Lichenostomus

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Lichenostomus cratitius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (pughon1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Lichenostomus

Subspecies (2)

Lichenostomus cratitius cratitius

Kangaroo Island (off South Australia, south-central Australia)
Lichenostomus cratitius occidentalis

southern Australia (Stirling Ranges, southwestern Australia eastward to Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mount Lofty Ranges to northwestern Victoria, and Bendigo region, central Victoria

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (pughon1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.