Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)

Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)

About Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Perching Birds
Family: Honeyeaters

The crescent honeyeater is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southeastern Australia. A member of the genus Phylidonyris, it is most closely related to the common New Holland honeyeater and the white-cheeked honeyeater. Two subspecies are recognized, with P. p. halmaturinus restricted in range to Kangaroo Island and the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia.