Resources
Books
Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Hawthorn East: Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, Monograph 2, 1994.
Longmore, W. Honeyeaters and Their Allies. North Ryde, NSW: HarperCollins, 1991.
Pizzy, G., and F. Knight. The Graham Pizzy & Frank Knight Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Sydney: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.
Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines. Canberra: CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, 1999.
Simpson, K., and N. Day. Birds of Australia. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
William E. Davis, Jr
Class Aves Order Passeriformes Suborder Passeri (Oscines) Family Nectariniidae
Thumbnail description
Small passerines, often brightly colored with iridescent plumage, and short, almost straight, to long and markedly decurved, bills; vocal, singing chattering songs, and often calling between feeds
Size
Number of genera, species
16 genera; 130 species
Habitat
Forest, woodlands, savanna, mountains, scrubland, coastal zones, and gardens
Conservation status
Endangered: 2 species; Vulnerable: 4 species; Near Threatened: 8 species
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