Biology:Scaly-breasted honeyeater

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Short description: Species of bird

Scaly-breasted honeyeater
Stigmatops squamata - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Lichmera
Species:
L. squamata
Binomial name
Lichmera squamata
(Salvadori, 1878)

The scaly-breasted honeyeater (Lichmera squamata), also known as the white-tufted honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the southern Moluccas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1039925 entry