Crescent Honeyeater
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Crescent Honeyeater
The Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crescent Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus
- Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus halmaturinus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia pyrrhoptera
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia [= Sydney, New South Wales, cf. Sharpe, 1906, Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Brit. Mus., 2, p. 129].
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxxviii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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