Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Meliphagidae > Nesoptilotis > Nesoptilotis leucotisNesoptilotis leucotis (White-eared Honeyeater)Synonyms: Lichenostomus leucotis The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is a medium-sized honeyeater found in eastern and western Australia. It is a member of the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats) which has 182 recognised species with about half of them found in Australia. This makes them members of the most diverse family of birds in Australia. White-eared honeyeaters are easily identifiable by their olive-green body, black head and white ear patch. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 12.4116 EDGE Score: 2.59612 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 24 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 27 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 22.7 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 60 % | | Diet - Nectar [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | | Mating Display [4] | Ground display | | Mating System [4] | Monogamy | | Maximum Longevity [5] | 12 years |
|
| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
|
Australian Alps montane grasslands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Brigalow tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Coolgardie woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Esperance mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Eyre and York mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Great Victoria desert |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount Lofty woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Naracoorte woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Queensland tropical rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Southeast Australia temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Southeast Australia temperate savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Southwest Australia savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Southwest Australia woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Tirari-Sturt stony desert |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
|
Bald Rock National Park |
II |
21998 |
New South Wales, Australia |
|
 |
|
|
|
Coorong National Park |
II |
121235 |
South Australia, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Fitzgerald River National Park |
II |
732417 |
Western Australia, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Flinders Chase National Park |
II |
81245 |
South Australia, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Girraween National Park |
II |
28978 |
Queensland, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Grampians National Park |
II |
416373 |
Victoria, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Hattah-Kulkyne NP and Murray-Kulkyne Park National Park |
II |
122831 |
Victoria, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Kosciuszko National Park |
II |
1705480 |
New South Wales, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Riverland Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
1490891 |
South Australia, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown National Park |
II |
30557 |
Queensland, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Wilson's Promontory National Park |
II |
119279 |
Victoria, Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
Yathong Nature Reserve |
Ia |
270264 |
New South Wales, Australia |
|
|
|
|
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Higgins, PJ, Peter, JM and Steele, WK (Eds). (2001). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 5, Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats. Oxford University Press, Melbourne ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 5A comparative analysis of some life-history traits between cooperatively and non-cooperatively breeding Australian passerines, ALDO POIANI and LARS SOMMER JERMIIN, Evolutionary Ecology, 1994, 8, 471-488 ♦ 6Food of some birds in eastern New South Wales: additions to Barker & Vestjens. Emu 93(3): 195–199 ♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
|