BirdUp · Species
Grey-fronted Honeyeater
Ptilotula plumula(Gould, 1841)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Ptilotula
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The grey-fronted honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. The grey-fronted honeyeater was originally described in 1841 by English ornithologist John Gould as Lichenostomus plumulus. It was moved to the genus Ptilotula after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that Lichenostomus was polyphyletic.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Australia (except north, south, 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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