Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Western Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata) - HBW 13, p. 621
French: Méliphage mineur
German: Zwerghonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Lunulado
Other common names: Brush/Lunulated/Mock Wattlebird, Brush Mockbird, Brush Mockingbird
Taxonomy: Anthochaera lunulata Gould, 1838, Swan River, south Western Australia.
Often considered conspecific with A. chrysoptera. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal and subcoastal SW Australia, roughly S of a line from N Gairdner Range to Hopetoun and E to Cape Arid National Park.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Western Wattlebird feeding on Banksia flowerheads. Locality Esperance, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 18 September 2009 1 year ago 42 sec 4.3
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Perched
Locality Cheyne Beach, Western Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 30 September 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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