HoneyeatersBlue-faced Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater Brown-headed Honeyeater Crescent Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill Grey-fronted Honeyeater Grey-headed Honeyeater New Holland Honeyeater Noisy Miner Pied Honeyeater Red Wattlebird Scarlet Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater Yellow-throated Miner Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

The Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae, that is endemic to Australia. This species is also known as the Black and White Honeyeater or Western Pied Honeyeater.

Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Kunoth Bore NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Kunoth Bore NT © Dorothy Latimer
Female Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Central Australia NT © Dorothy Latimer
Female Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Central Australia NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Kunoth Bore NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Kunoth Bore NT © Dorothy Latimer

Kunoth Bore

Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Informal: Gnathostomata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Suborder: Passeri
  • Informal: Corvida
  • Family: Meliphagidae
  • Subfamily: Meliphaginae
  • Genus: Certhionyx
  • Subgenus: infrageneric Certhionyx
  • Species: Certhionyx variegatus

Footnote & References

  1. Pied Honeyeater, Certhionyx (Certhionyx) variegatus Lesson, 1830, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/99457e79-e27a-4c16-95fa-29070d3de4fb

HoneyeatersBlue-faced Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater Brown-headed Honeyeater Crescent Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill Grey-fronted Honeyeater Grey-headed Honeyeater New Holland Honeyeater Noisy Miner Pied Honeyeater Red Wattlebird Scarlet Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater Yellow-throated Miner Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Yellow-tufted Honeyeater