White-naped Honeyeater

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iWhite-naped Honeyeater

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melithreptus
Species: M. lunatus
Binomial name
Melithreptus lunatus
(Vieillot, 1802)

The White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus is native to Australia. It is olive green above and white below, with a black head, a red patch over the eye and a white stripe at the back of the neck.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Melithreptus lunatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern