White-naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,193
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-naped honeyeater”.