Gilbert's Honeyeater - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Tiger1
Manjimup, WA, Australia, April 2012

Alternative name: Swan River Honeyeater

Melithreptus chloropsis

Distribution

South-western Australia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with White-naped Honeyeater but the split was accepted by Gill and Donsker and Dickinson.

Behaviour

The diet includes nectar and insects, honeydew and manna.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gilbert's Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gilbert%27s_Honeyeater

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