| Purple-gaped honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Lichenostomus |
| Species: | L. cratitius
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| Binomial name | |
| Lichenostomus cratitius (Gould, 1841)
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| Distribution of the purple-gaped honeyeater | |
The purple-gaped honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to semi-arid southern Australia, where it inhabits mallee, tall heath and associated low eucalypt woodland.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lichenostomus cratitius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704079A93951785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704079A93951785.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Menkhorst, P., Rogers, D., Clarke, R., Davies, J., Marsack, P., Franklin, K. (2019) The Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Victoria, ISBN 9781486311934