BirdUp · Species
White-naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus(Vieillot, 1802)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melithreptus
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-naped honeyeater 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.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- East-central QLD to south-east SA (east and south-east Australia)
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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