Green-backed honeyeater

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Green-backed honeyeater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Glycichaera
Salvadori, 1878
Species:
G. fallax
Binomial name
Glycichaera fallax
Salvadori, 1878

The green-backed honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Glycichaera. [2] It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula. [3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Glycichaera fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22703940A130242541. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703940A130242541.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. "Species profile—Glycichaera fallax claudi (green-backed honeyeater)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 April 2024.