White-fronted honeyeater
The white-fronted honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia where its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
The white-fronted honeyeater was described by the English bird artist John Gould in 1841 and given the binomial name Glyciphila albifrons. The specific epithet combines albus meaning 'white' with frons meaning 'forehead' or 'front'. The type locality is the town of York in Western Australia. The white-fronted honeyeater was formerly in the genus Phylidonyris, but is now the only species placed in the genus Purnella that had been introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1914, with the white-fronted honeyeater as the type species. The generic name was chosen to honour Mathews' friend, the oologist and collector, Herbert A. Purnell.Gallery
