The brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Brown-backed honeyeater | |
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West Papua | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Ramsayornis |
Species: | R. modestus
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Binomial name | |
Ramsayornis modestus (Gray, 1858)
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Ramsayornis modestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704394A118658902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704394A118658902.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.