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Mainland Purple-gaped Honeyeater
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Mainland Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius ssp occidentalis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Honeyeater (Meliphagidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Mainland Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius ssp occidentalis)
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Thank you Jenny Donald for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Sep-2013
This species is protected and classed as RA (Rare) under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act