| Gilbert's honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melithreptus |
| Species: | M. chloropsis
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| Binomial name | |
| Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848
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Gilbert's honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis), also known as the Swan River honeyeater or western white-naped honeyeater, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southwestern Australia. A mid-sized honeyeater, it is olive-green above and white below, with a black head, nape and throat and a white patch over the eye and a white crescent-shaped patch on the nape. The bill is brownish-black and the eyes a dull red. The sexes have similar plumage.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Melithreptus chloropsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103685491A112476438. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (27 April 2015). "Species Melithreptus (Melithreptus) chloropsis Gould, 1848". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2021.