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The banded honeyeater (Cissomela pectoralis) is a species of honeyeater in the family Meliphagidae with a characteristic narrow black band across its white underparts. It is endemic to tropical northern Australia.
Taxonomy and systematics.
The scientific name for the banded honeyeater is "Cissomela pectoralis ("Gould, 1841). The holotype was Holotype ANSP 18224 male, Australia: north coast, held in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia.
The banded honeyeater was previously placed in the genus "Certhionyx", but was moved to the monotypic genus "Cissomela" after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.
The genus name "Cissomela" (Bonaparte, 1854) means "honey magpie" from the Greek "kissa" for 'magpie', thus referring to the black and white colouring, and "mela" meaning 'honey' for its feeding habits. The specific epithet "pectoralis" comes from the Latin "pectoris" for 'breast', referring to the distinctive banded breast of this bird.
Description.
The banded honeyeater is a small, pied honeyeater with a distinctive black breast band across white underparts. It has a black back, tail and head, a long curved bill and long legs.
It has a wingspan of , the bill measures , the body length is and it weighs .
Behaviour and ecology.
The IUCN Red List rating, the Northern Territory Conservation Status and Queensland Conservation Status for this species is Least Concern (LC).
The banded honeyeater inhabits tropical grassy woodland, open forests, mangroves and "Melaleuca" swamps. It feeds on the nectar of eucalypts and some other open flowers, such as "Grevilleas", "paperbarks" and "Bauhinias", plus insects. It usually moves in pairs or small groups, but large groups can gather when blossom is plentiful. It is a blossom nomad or can have seasonal movements in various parts of its range, which is restricted to tropical northern Australia.
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