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Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia (Shaw, 1794)
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Regent Honeyeater, Anthochaera phrygia, is a honeyeater of south-eastern Australia, breeding from south-east Queensland to central Victoria. It is a bird of wooded country and was once much more widespread across eastern Australia, but its present range is scattered. Its head and neck are glossy black, and the breast shows pale yellow speckling. The wings and tail are marked in black and bright yellow. First named by George Shaw in 1794, it is now placed in Anthochaera and is closely related to the wattlebirds.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: se QLD to c VIC (se Australia)
