Fiji wattled honeyeater

The Fiji wattled honeyeater or northern wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It was considered conspecific with the Polynesian wattled honeyeater and the kikau.

Fiji wattled honeyeater

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Foulehaio
Species:
F. taviunensis
Binomial name
Foulehaio taviunensis
Wiglesworth, 1891

The species is endemic to Fiji. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical mangrove forests, and tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Foulehaio taviunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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