White-naped honeyeater

White-naped honeyeater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melithreptus
Species:
M. lunatus
Binomial name
Melithreptus lunatus
(Vieillot, 1802)

The white-naped honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to eastern Australia. Birds from southwestern Australia have been shown to be a distinct species, Gilbert's honeyeater, and the eastern birds are more closely related to the black-headed honeyeater of Tasmania. One of several similar species of black-headed honeyeaters in the genus Melithreptus, it dwells in dry sclerophyll eucalypt woodland. Its diet consists of nectar from various flowers, and it also feeds on insects.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melithreptus lunatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103685459A93954156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103685459A93954156.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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