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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Foraging. Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 August 2011 1 year ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird drinking and flying away Locality The Fullerton Garden, Osborne's Flat, Victoria, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Matt Weeks 19 January 2005 5 years ago 7 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding in a tree and flying away Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Tom Tarrant 1995 8 years ago 45 sec 4 -
An adult in a nest Locality Australia (ssp lunatus)
Tom Tarrant 1996 8 years ago 37 sec 3.9 -
A bird hanging and climbing along a branch Locality Walpole, Western Australia, Australia (ssp chloropsis)
Peter Waanders 24 October 2005 5 years ago 11 sec 2.2
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Adult feeding two fledglings
Locality Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Peter Strauss 2 December 2012 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
White-naped Honeyeater at waterhole
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia (ssp lunatus)
David Taylor 2 years ago 4.2 -
Male bird overseeing recently fledged offspring
Locality Western Australia, Australia (ssp chloropsis)
Andrew Shaw 10 March 2010 18 weeks ago 3.9 -
An adult perching on a dead branch.
Locality F Oswin Robert Koala Reserve, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia (ssp lunatus)
Nick Talbot 27 January 2013 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult White-naped Honeyeater on branch
Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Perched
Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 3 February 2008 2 years ago 3.7
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An adult calling twice. Locality F Oswin Robert Koala Reserve, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
(ssp lunatus)
Nick Talbot 27 January 2013 14 weeks ago 3 -
An adult bird calling from a tree while searching for food. Locality F Oswin Robert Koala Reserve, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
(ssp lunatus)
Nick Talbot 27 January 2013 14 weeks ago 0 -
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A bird calling from tall trees. Locality Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia
(ssp lunatus)
Nick Talbot 22 July 2012 40 weeks ago 0
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