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White-throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularisGould, 1848
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melithreptus
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-throated honeyeater is a bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to New Guinea and eastern and northern Australia. It is 11.5 to 14.5 cm long, olive-green above and white below, with a black head, a white or pale blue patch over the eye, and a white stripe across the nape.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-central and south-east New Guinea and north and north-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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