Helmeted honeyeater

Helmeted honeyeater
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Lichenostomus
Species:
Subspecies:
L. m. cassidix
Trinomial name
Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
(Gould, 1867)[2]
Synonyms
  • Ptilotis cassidix Gould, 1867
  • Lichenostomus cassidix

The helmeted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family. It is a distinctive and critically endangered subspecies of the yellow-tufted honeyeater, that exists in the wild only as a tiny relict population in the Australian state of Victoria, in the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. It is Victoria's only endemic bird, and was adopted as one of the state's official symbols.

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Gould (1867).