Brown honeyeater

(Lichmera indistincta)

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Description

The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) belongs to the honeyeaters,a group of birds found mainly in Australia and New Guinea which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding.It is a medium-small brownish bird,with yellow-olive panels in the tail and wing and a yellow tuft behind the eye.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Meliphagidae
Genus:Lichmera
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