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Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family:
Meliphagidae Genus: Lichmera Species: L. indistincta Binomial
name Lichmera indistincta Vigors & Horsfield, 1827   • Meliphaga
indistincta Vigors & Horsfield, 1827   • Gliciphila indistincta
Gadow, 1884  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.  Widespread across western, northern and eastern
Australia, the brown honeyeater occupies a range of habitats
from mangroves to eucalypt woodlands. It is seasonally nomadic
within its local area, fol