Alice Springs — Singing Honeyeater

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The singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater and chats family Meliphagidae. Originally described as Meliphaga virescens, it has been moved to the genus Gavicalis. The specific epithet is the Latin virescens meaning ‘greenish’.

They are grey-brown in appearance, with tail and wings that are olive-green and yellow. They have a black stripe that runs from the behind the beak to the back of their head, with a yellow streak immediately below the black stripe, under the eye.

The Singing Honeyeater is found in a diverse range of habitats, including here in Central Australia.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Subphylum: Vertebrata
• Informal: Gnathostomata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Passeriformes
• Suborder: Passeri
• Informal: Corvida
• Family: Meliphagidae
• Genus: Gavicalis
• Species: Gavicalis virescens

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Alice Springs BirdsAlice Springs Birds — image index Babblers Black-faced Cuckooshrike Brown Falcon Channel-billed Cuckoo Crested Pigeon Galah Magpie-lark Musk Duck Port Lincoln Ringneck Rainbow Bee-eater Sacred Kingfisher Sanderling Spinifex Pigeon Singing Honeyeater Southern Boobook Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Splendid Fairy-wren Spotted Dove Wedge-tailed Eagle Western Bowerbird Whistling Kite White-plumed Honeyeater Willie Wagtail Yellow-throated Miner

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