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Anthochaera chrysoptera · Family Meliphagidae
Anthochaera chrysoptera
Family Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 449,432
- Countries and territories with records
- 4
About this species
This species has 449,432 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthochaera chrysoptera combines the genus name Anthochaera with the species epithet chrysoptera. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Anthochaera; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthochaera carunculata, Anthochaera paradoxa and Anthochaera lunulata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 5.9 times the family average (76,364). The family Meliphagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.