Titel: White-naped Honeyeater; Melithreptus lunatus ssp. chloropsis
Beskrivelse: Avibase and The Australian Bird Guide (2017) advocates a split from the above species to a new full species: Gilbert's Honeyeater (M. chloropsis)
.. also in English named by it's geographical center in SW WA as 'Swan River Honeyeater'.
H'eaters are a very lage bird-group in Australia; +78 species (?).
Appart from the genetics an obvious difference is the whitish bare skin above the eye - this is red in the nominate form present in E Australia.
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