White-cheeked Honeyeater
The white-cheeked honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger) is a species of honeyeater that inhabits the east coast and the south-west corner of Australia. It has a large white patch on its cheek, brown eyes, and a yellow panel on its wing. == Taxonomy == The white-cheeked honeyeater was formally described by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1811. He placed it with the tree creepers in the genus Certhia and coined the binomial name Certhia nigra. His account was based on "L'Héorotaire noir" that had been described and illustrated in 1802 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot. Bechstein specified the type locality as "Neuholland", now Sydney, New South Wales. The white-cheeked honeyeater is now one of three species placed in the genus Phylidonyris that was introduced in 1830 by René Lesson. The generic name Phylidonyris combines the term Phylédon or Philédon, used by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1817 for the friarbirds (now placed in the genus Philemon), with Cinnyris (Cuvier, 1816) for the sunbirds; the specific epithet derives from Latin niger 'black'. Two subspecies are recognised: Phylidonyris niger niger in eastern Australia; and P. n. gouldii (Schlegel, 1872) in southwest Western Australia. The latter subspecies has a narrower…
Mount Coolum National Park
Sunshine Coast, Australia
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Dedin, Australia
+125 birds+30 mammals
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VIEW NATIONAL PARKSydney Harbour National Park
Sydney, Australia
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Crystalline waters lap against weathered sandstone headlands where native bushland clings to steep escarpments overlooking one of the world’s most […]
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Australia
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Where granite peaks thrust skyward across the New England Tablelands, weathered stone and eucalypt woodland meet in a landscape of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirraween National Park
Australia
+121 birds+22 mammals
Where granite boulders the size of cathedrals rise from eucalypt woodland, Queensland’s Southern Downs reveal one of Australia’s most geologically […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMorton National Park
Australia
+125 birds+27 mammals
Where sandstone cliffs plunge into temperate rainforest and eucalypt woodlands blanket the New South Wales highlands, Morton National Park sprawls […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHeathcote National Park
Sydney, Australia
+131 birds+26 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above eucalyptus woodlands and crystalline creeks carve through ancient valleys, one of Victoria’s most underrated wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlass House Mountains National Park
Australia
+129 birds+30 mammals
Volcanic peaks thrust skyward across the Queensland hinterland, their steep-sided summits sculpted from ancient lava flows and weathered by millions […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+29 birds+9 mammals
Where coastal dunes meet mangrove forests and open woodland, one of Queensland’s most biodiverse marine reserves unfolds across 378 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFitzgerald River National Park
Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia
+98 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia’s most biodiverse […]
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