White-fronted honeyeater | |
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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.