White-throated honeyeater
| White-throated honeyeater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melithreptus |
| Species: | M. albogularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Melithreptus albogularis Gould, 1848 | |
The white-throated honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis) is native to New Guinea, and eastern and northern Australia. It is 11.5 - 14.5 cm long, olive green above and white below, with a black head, a white patch over the eye and a white stripe at the back of the neck.
Similar species
Western Australian white-naped honeyeaters (race chloropsis) also have a white eye patch and so can be difficult to distinguish, but there is no range overlap. Eastern white-naped honeyeaters (race lunatus) have a red eye patch.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Melithreptus albogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Simpson, K and Day, N,. Field Guide to Australian Birds 7th edition, 2004 ISBN 0-670-04180-7
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