White-fronted honeyeater

White-fronted honeyeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Purnella
Mathews, 1914
Species: P. albifrons
Binomial name
Purnella albifrons
(Gould, 1841)

The white-fronted honeyeater (Purnella albifrons) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Formerly in the genus Phylidonyris, it was subsequently placed in the monotypic Purnella. It is endemic to Australia where its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phylidonyris albifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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