Gilbert's honeyeater

Gilbert's honeyeater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melithreptus
Species:
M. chloropsis
Binomial name
Melithreptus chloropsis
Gould, 1848
Synonyms[2]
  • Melithreptus whitlocki Mathews, 1909

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Melithreptus chloropsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103685491A112476438. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ 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.