Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia(Shaw, G, 1794)
English (US) Regent Honeyeater
The Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Australia (mostly east-central New South Wales; formerly southeastern Queensland to southeastern South Australia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthochaera phrygia
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Regent Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1794)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops phrygius
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1794)
- Type locality
- Sydney, New South Wales.
- Original description
- Zoology of New Holland 1 p.13 pl.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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