Gilbert’s Honeyeater

Melithreptus is from the Greek words meli, meaning honey, and threptos, meaning nourished. The meaning of chloropsis is not known.

Djinki (cheen’key).

Found in the southwest of Western Australia.

Up to 15.5 centimetres long with a 23.5 centimetre wingspan.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 4 km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in May 2015, 9 years 5.6 months after being banded (information as at 10 November 2023).

The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0ccbba45-af08-484a-8aaa-ff983ca3a633#overview