White-lined Honeyeater
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The White-lined Honeyeater (Meliphaga albilineata) is a species of bird
in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to northern Australia
. Its natural habitat
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
s. It formerly included the Kimberley Honeyeater
as a subspecies
.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to northern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its natural habitat
Habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s. It formerly included the Kimberley Honeyeater
Kimberley Honeyeater
The Kimberley Honeyeater is a bird in the Meliphagidae, or Honeyeater family. It was formerly lumped with the White-lined Honeyeater but, based on DNA research, it is now considered a separate species...
as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
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