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 bar-breasted honeyeater {{Meliphagidae-stub