
Scaly-crowned Honeyeater
Sugomel lombokium (Mathews, 1926)
15 gWeight
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
Questions
How big is the Scaly-crowned Honeyeater?
The Scaly-crowned Honeyeater weighs around 15 g.
Where does the Scaly-crowned Honeyeater live?
Its breeding range: Australasia: montane Lombok to Flores (western, central Lesser Sundas).
What does the Scaly-crowned Honeyeater eat?
Main food: Nectar.
What family is the Scaly-crowned Honeyeater in?
It belongs to the family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Weight
- 15 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Nectar
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
- Wing
- 66 mm
- Tail
- 52 mm
- Bill
- 23 mm
- Tarsus
- 20 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Australasia: montane Lombok to Flores (western, central Lesser Sundas)
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Honeyeaters Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Sugomel
Other birds in the genus Sugomel
Black HoneyeaterSugomel nigrum
Dark-eared MyzaMyza celebensis
White-eared MyzaMyza sarasinorum
Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Western SpinebillAcanthorhynchus superciliosus
Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallax
Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscus
Long-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx princeps
Short-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx nouhuysi
Leaden HoneyeaterPtiloprora plumbea
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In other languages
- EnglishScaly-crowned Honeyeater
- 简体中文鳞顶岩吸蜜鸟
- 繁體中文巽他岩吸蜜鳥
- 日本語ロンボクミツスイ
- DeutschLombokhonigfresser
- FrançaisMéliphage de Lombok
- EspañolMielero de Lombok
- Portuguêspapa-mel-de-garganta-cinzenta
- ItalianoSucciamiele caposquamato
- NederlandsLombokhoningeter
- РусскийЛомбокский медолюб
- Svenskalombokhonungsfågel
- DanskLombok Honningæder
- Polskioliwomiodzik