Species profile
Macleay's Honeyeater
Xanthotis macleayanus
Quick answer
Rainforests of ne Queensland (Cooktown to Townsville)
- Scientific name
- Xanthotis macleayanus
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Xanthotis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Macleay's Honeyeater in your journal
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Related species in Meliphagidae
- Alor Myzomela (Myzomela prawiradilagae)
- Arfak Honeyeater (Melipotes gymnops)
- Ashy Myzomela (Myzomela cineracea)
- Bacan Myzomela (Myzomela batjanensis)
- Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei)
- Banded Honeyeater (Cissomela pectoralis)
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus)
- Belford's Melidectes (Melidectes belfordi)