Scaly-crowned honeyeater
The scaly-crowned honeyeater (Sugomel lombokium) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
| Scaly-crowned honeyeater | |
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| Indonesian honeyeater (above), and scaly-crowned honeyeater (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Sugomel |
| Species: | S. lombokium |
| Binomial name | |
| Sugomel lombokium (Mathews, 1926) | |
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Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus Lichmera as Lichmera lombokia. However, the International Ornithological Congress reclassified it into the genus Sugomel based on phylogenetic evidence finding L. lombokia to be the sister species of the black honeyeater (S. niger).[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Lichmera lombokia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703943A130242801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703943A130242801.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
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