Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Conopophila albogularis (Gould, 1843)

Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, is a honeyeater of the Aru Islands, New Guinea and northern Australia, including Queensland and the Northern Territory. It was described by Gould in 1843. Its breeding range covers south-western New Guinea, south-central, north-eastern and south-eastern New Guinea, and northern Australia from the north of the Northern Territory to the north of Cape York Peninsula and north-eastern Queensland. It is associated with subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is also one of the more familiar small birds in suburban Darwin, where introduced bird species are absent.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters

Breeding range

Australasia: Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), sc, ne and se New Guinea, and n NT to n Cape York Pen., ne QLD (nc, ne Australia)