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White-naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus · Family Meliphagidae
Melithreptus lunatus
Family Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 231,656
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 231,656 occurrence records from 5 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 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melithreptus lunatus combines the genus name Melithreptus with the species epithet lunatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Melithreptus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melithreptus brevirostris, Melithreptus albogularis and Melithreptus gularis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 3 times the family average (76,364). The family Meliphagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.