Regent honeyeater

Specimen opposite end to the one with wings outstretched.

The regent honeyeater is now one of the rarest of all honeyeaters. It has a patchy distribution from South East Queensland to North East Victoria. It is now extinct in South Australia. It lives in dry, sclerophyll, Eucalyptus forests on inland hill slopes, often near moisture. Its population is now below 500 birds as a result of habitat destruction and fragmentation which allows larger and more aggressive honeyeaters to invade. There is a captive breeding and reintroduction programme to try to save the species.

This specimen was donated by Lord Stamfordham in 1916.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
29/1916/3b
Collection Class
Birds
Collection Area Region
Australia and New Zealand
Collector Excavator
Stamfordham, Lord
Common Name
regent honeyeater
Simple Name
bird

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MELIPHAGIDAE: Anthochaera phrygia (Shaw): regent honeyeater