Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) - HBW 13, p. 675
French:
Méliphage à lunule
German: Mondstreif-Honigschmecker
Spanish: Mielero Nuquiblanco
Other common names: Lunulated/Black-capped Honeyeater; Western
White-naped/Western Lunulated Honeyeater (chloropsis)
Taxonomy: Certhia lunata
Vieillot, 1802, Nouvelle Hollande = region of Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia.
Closest
to M. albogularis and M. affinis, the three species
characterized by tapering white napeband, uniformly citrine dorsum,
white breast to vent, slender sepia-toned feet, and black of head
extending to side of breast. May form a superspecies with M.
affinis. Nominate race possibly exhibits clinal variation in
size, being slightly larger in S of range. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chloropsis Gould, 1848 - SW Western Australia (N to Swan R Plain and Wheatbelt in W).
- lunatus (Vieillot, 1802) - E & SE Australia, from N Queensland (wet tropics) S, extending W to inland slopes of Great Divide and adjacent inland plains, to Victoria and to SE South Australia (including Kangaroo I).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a tree and flying away Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Tom Tarrant 1995 7 years ago 45 sec 4 -
Foraging. Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 August 2011 42 weeks ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird drinking and flying away Locality The Fullerton Garden, Osborne's Flat, Victoria, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Matt Weeks 19 January 2005 4 years ago 7 sec 3.8 -
An adult in a nest Locality Australia (ssp lunatus)
Tom Tarrant 1996 7 years ago 37 sec 3.4 -
A bird hanging and climbing along a branch Locality Walpole, Western Australia, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Peter Waanders 24 October 2005 4 years ago 11 sec 2.2
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White-naped Honeyeater at waterhole
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult White-naped Honeyeater on branch
Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 March 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched
Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 3 February 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
Two birds at the edge of a pond
Locality Victoria, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Arthur Grosset 14 February 2006 2 years ago 3.5
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