White-plumed Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Taxobox
name = White-plumed Honeyeater
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Lichenostomus"
species = "L. penicillatus"
binomial = "Lichenostomus penicillatus"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1837)

The White-plumed Honeyeater "Lichenostomus penicillatus" is a bird native to Australia. It is yellow above and paler beneath, with a black and white line on the sides of its neck. The white neck band of a White-plumed Honeyeater is its most prominent feature, the rest of the feathers being shades of green and buff. Juveniles have a pinkish orange beak that darkens to black in adults. Honeyeaters feed on nectar and insects and their nest is a small cup nest in a tree. The size of an average White-plumed Honeyeater is approximately 19 cm.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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