New Holland honeyeater | |
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New Holland honeyeater in Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Phylidonyris |
Species: | P. novaehollandiae
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Binomial name | |
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
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Distribution of the New Holland honeyeater |
The New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, and was initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.