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White-naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus(Vieillot, 1802)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melithreptus
At a glance
The White-naped Honeyeater is a tiny bird, about 11–16 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 11–16 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a White-naped Honeyeater look like?
The White-naped Honeyeater is a tiny bird, about 11–16 cm long and weighing 11–25 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a White-naped Honeyeater?
The White-naped Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
graeme lunt · Bannockburn VIC 3331, Australia
Call
jimchurches · Constitution Ave, Parkes, ACT, AU
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a White-naped Honeyeater eat?
The White-naped Honeyeater feeds on nectar/pollen and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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