White-bellied honeyeater

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White-bellied honeyeater
White-bellied Honeyeater, Vanua Lava, Vanuatu iNaturalist.jpg
White-bellied honeyeater on Vanua Lava in 2024
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Gliciphila
Species:
G. notabilis
Binomial name
Gliciphila notabilis
Sharpe, 1899
Synonyms
  • Phylidonyris notabilis
  • Glycifohia notabilis

The white-bellied honeyeater (Gliciphila notabilis), also known as the New Hebrides honeyeater and the Vanuatu honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the Melanesian island nation of Vanuatu. This species was formerly placed in the genus Glycifohia. [2]

Two subspecies are recognised: [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International 2004. Phylidonyris notabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
  2. 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 12 November 2025.