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Black-necklaced Honeyeater (Lichmera notabilis)

Black-necklaced Honeyeater
Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Black-necklaced Honeyeater

The black-necklaced honeyeater or black-chested honeyeater (Lichmera notabilis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Wetar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss. The black-necklaced honeyeater was first described by in 1898 by naturalist Otto Finsch with the name Stigmatops notabilis. Today, it placed in the genus Lichmera, from Ancient Greek meaning "licking with the tongue", as Lichmera notabilis. It has no subspecies.

Source: Black-necklaced honeyeater on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 3 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.