The bar-breasted honeyeater (''Ramsayornis fasciatus'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Gu ...
.
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to northern
Australia, with a breeding season from late spring to winter.
It feeds primarily on nectar and invertebrates.
References
bar-breasted honeyeater
Birds of the Northern Territory
Birds of Queensland
Endemic birds of Australia
bar-breasted honeyeater
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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