Varied Honeyeater
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Honeyeaters

Varied Honeyeater

Gavicalis versicolor

LCLeast Concern
Family
Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in coastal areas of New Guinea and eastern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The varied honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Gavicalis after molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.