White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater

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


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Lichenostomus"
species = "L. leucotis"
binomial = "Lichenostomus leucotis"
binomial_authority = (Latham, 1801)

The White-eared Honeyeater ("Lichenostomus leucotis") is an Australian bird found in south east Australia, south west Australia an into south west of Queensland.

It has a noticeable white splash behind the eyes, the 'ears', on a mainly black head, throat and beak. The top of the head is a dark grey colour. The body is a green colour, shading to a softer yellow underbelly.


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