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Black-eared Miner




  Name Black-eared Miner
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Meliphagidae
  Genus '' Manorina ''
  Species '''''M melanotis'''''
  Binomial ''Manorina melanotis''
  Binomial Authority ( Wilson , 1911)


The Black-eared Miner, '' Manorina melanotis'', is a critically endangered Honeyeater endemic to Mallee woodland in south-eastern Australia . It is closely related to the much more widely distributed Yellow-throated Miner ''M. flavigula'' and the taxonomic status of the Black-eared Miner is the subject of some controversy, with some researchers considering it a subspecies of ''M. flavigula''. Black-eared Miners are co-operative breeders, living in colonies during the breeding season, and dispersing into the bush during non-breeding periods. Little is known of their movements during these periods.


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