Painted Honeyeater

Taxobox
name = Painted Honeyeater

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status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Grantiella"
species = "G. picta"
binomial = "Grantiella picta"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1838)
synonyms = The Painted Honeyeater ("Grantiella picta") is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Grantiella".It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Conservation Status

Australia

Painted Honeyeaters are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

tate of Victoria, Australia

* The Painted Honeyeater is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). [ [http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenpa.nsf/LinkView/EADA0F1874AF9CF24A2567C1001020A388BBA5581CF9D859CA256BB300271BDB Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria] ] Under this Act, an "Action Statement" for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared. [ [http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenpa.nsf/LinkView/617768308BCB666E4A25684E00192281E7A24BB36FF60A144A256DEA00244294 Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria] ]

* On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Painted Honeyater is listed as vulnerable.cite book | author = Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment | title = Advisory List of Threatened VertebrateFauna in Victoria - 2007 | publisher = Department of Sustainability and Environment | date = 2007 | location = East Melbourne, Victoria | pages = 15 | url = | id = ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0 ]

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9462/all Grantiella picta] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.