- Kadavu Honeyeater
Taxobox
name = Kadavu Honeyeater
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Meliphagidae
genus = "Xanthotis "
species = "X. provocator"
binomial = "Xanthotis provocator"
binomial_authority = (Layard, 1875)
synonyms = The Kadavu Honeyeater ("Xanthotis provocator") is a species ofbird in theMeliphagidae family.It is endemic to the islands ofKadavu inFiji .Its natural
habitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s and tropical mangrove forests.The bird is described as being fairly large, a bit like Spotted Honeyeater, but with a yellowish green bare skin eye-patch, bordered by light green feathering around the back end of it on the ear coverts. Dark streaked beneath with a whitish unstreaked central strip, upperparts greenish grey with pale fringes to wing feathers. Loud ringing Friarbird-type calls, the birds liked the tall mangroves along the creek.
References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23093/all Xanthotis provocator] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
* WorldTwitch - Fiji Birding Trip Report, Dec 96 [http://www.worldtwitch.com/fiji.htm] .
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