Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis) | Details

Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Gavicalis fasciogularis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Lichenostomus fasciogularis.

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	349,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as abundant (Morcombe 2000).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be increasing as ongoing habitat degradation is creating new areas of suitable habitat.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Broad Sound
Australia	Cooloola and Fraser Coast
Australia	Fitzroy Floodplain and Delta
Australia	Great Sandy Strait
Australia	Moreton Bay and Pumicestone Passage
Australia	Repulse Bay to Ince Bay
Australia	Shoalwater Bay (Rockhampton)

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mangrove-honeyeater-gavicalis-fasciogularis on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.