White-naped honeyeater / Mondstreif-Honigschmecker (Melithreptus lunatus)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Melithreptus (Melithreptus); Family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
General: The white-naped honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) 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. [more]