The white-throated honeyeater is a bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to New Guinea and eastern and northern Australia. It is 11.5 to 14.5 centimetres long, olive-green above and white below, with a black head, a white or pale blue patch over the eye, and a white stripe across the nape. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1848
Reference:
Birds Austral. [Gould]
pt30 pl.74
Protonym:
Melithreptus albogularis
Type locality:
'Northern and Eastern Australia' [= Port Essington, Northern Territory; cf. de Schauensee, 1957, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 109, p. 224] .
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12863004
Avibase ID:
650D1F07DC6E3354
Avibase ID:
avibase-650D1F07
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/650D1F07
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561083
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Méliphage à menton blanc ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Méliphage à menton blanc ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Melithreptus albogularis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Melithreptus albogularis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Melithreptus albogularis [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White-throated Honeyeater ( Melithreptus albogularis) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melithreptus albogularis [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melithreptus albogularis [version 1] |
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Species status: full species
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