Macleay's honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 |
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