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White-bellied honeyeater

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ27075263 ↗
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The white-bellied honeyeater (Gliciphila notabilis), also known as the New Hebrides honeyeater and the Vanuatu honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the Melanesian island nation of Vanuatu. This species was formerly placed in the genus Glycifohia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

G. n. notabilis Sharpe, RB, 1899 – northwestern Vanuatu, including Banks Islands

G. n.

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This entry incorporates text from “White-bellied honeyeater” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.