New Holland honeyeater
| New Holland honeyeater | |
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| New Holland honeyeater perched, Perth Hills, Western Australia | |
| New Holland honeyeater in flight, Victoria, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Phylidonyris |
| Species: | P. novaehollandiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
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| Distribution of the New Holland honeyeater | |
The New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, and was initially named Certhia novaehollandiae.