Graceful honeyeater

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Graceful honeyeater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Microptilotis
Species:
M. gracilis
Binomial name
Microptilotis gracilis
(Gould, 1866)

The graceful honeyeater (Microptilotis gracilis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the Aru Islands, southern New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2019). "Microptilotis gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T155108940A155551209. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155108940A155551209.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.