Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) Description
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), Daintree Village, Queensland, Australia
Date 3 July 2011, 10:58:38
Author JJ Harrison https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macleay%27s_Honeyeater_-_Daintree_Village.jpg
The Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Meliphagidae, Genus: Xanthotis, Species: Xanthotis macleayanus (EP Ramsay, 1875).
Synonyms:
Ptilotis macleayanus
Xanthotis macleayana
