BirdUp · Species
Crescent Honeyeater
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus(Latham, 1801)
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Phylidonyris
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The crescent honeyeater is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southeastern Australia. A member of the genus Phylidonyris, it is most closely related to the common New Holland honeyeater and the white-cheeked honeyeater. Two subspecies are recognized, with P. p. halmaturinus restricted in range to Kangaroo Island and the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-central and south-east Australia and Tasmania
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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