WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER

497          WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER             Lichenostomus leucotis

Australia          (338)

20-22 cm. Found in wet forests, woodlands, bracken, vegetation streams, coastal heathlands/scrubs; in inland: mallee, brigalow, bear; in s. WA salmon-gum woodlands, tea-tree thickets around salt lakes. Range: in suitable habitat from Hughenden-Charters Towers (Q), inland to Blackall-Carnarvon Ras NP; e. NSW to Pilliga Scrub, c. and sw mallee areas; all Vict.; s. SA and Kangaroo Island; s. WA n. to Murchison R. except wetter sw.

Three subspecies:

thomasi:                  found on Kangaroo Island

leucotis:                   eastern NSW; s and e Vic; 

novaenorciae:          sw WA; s SA; n Vic; central NSW to stand ne; se Q.

Subspecies novaenorciae, near Whyalla, SA, September 2018