| White-naped 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. lunatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melithreptus lunatus (Vieillot, 1802)
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The white-naped honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to eastern Australia. Birds from southwestern Australia have been shown to be a distinct species, Gilbert's honeyeater, and the eastern birds are more closely related to the black-headed honeyeater of Tasmania. One of several similar species of black-headed honeyeaters in the genus Melithreptus, it dwells in dry sclerophyll eucalypt woodland. Its diet consists of nectar from various flowers, and it also feeds on insects.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melithreptus lunatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103685459A93954156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103685459A93954156.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.