Macleay's honeyeater
Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests.
Near Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
| Macleay's honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Xanthotis |
| Species: | X. macleayanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthotis macleayanus (EP Ramsay, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ptilotis macleayanus | |
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Xanthotis macleayanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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