Macleay's honeyeater

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Macleay's honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater - Daintree Village.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Xanthotis
Species:
X. macleayanus
Binomial name
Xanthotis macleayanus
(EP Ramsay, 1875)
Synonyms

Ptilotis macleayanus

Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests.

Near Kuranda, Queensland, Australia Macleay's Honeyeater JCB.jpg
Near Kuranda, Queensland, Australia

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Xanthotis macleayanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22704110A93953356. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704110A93953356.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.