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  Name Regent Honeyeater
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Meliphagidae
  Genus '''''Xanthomyza'''''
  Genus Authority Swainson , 1837
  Species '''''X phrygia'''''
  Binomial ''Xanthomyza phrygia''
  Binomial Authority ( Shaw , 1794)


The Regent Honeyeater, ''Xanthomyza phrygia'', is an Endangered Australia n Bird . They feed on Nectar and Insect s within Eucalyptus Forest s.

The Regent Honeyeater was once common in Wooded areas eastern Australia, especially along the inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range . It once could be found as far west as Adelaide , but is now gone from South Australia and western Victoria . Its population is now scattered, and the only breeding habitat is in north-eastern Victoria and the central coast of New South Wales .


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