Lewin's honeyeater | |
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Meliphaga lewinii lewinii, New South Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Meliphaga |
Species: | M. lewinii
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Binomial name | |
Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837)
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Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour.
The name of this bird commemorates the Australian artist John Lewin. Another name is Yellow-eared Honeyeater[2]