---
title: "Wulsthonigfresser"
description: "Stomiopera unicolor — Vögel. The white-gaped honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-gaped-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wulsthonigfresser

> Stomiopera unicolor — Vögel. The white-gaped honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Stomiopera unicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 904
- iNaturalist taxon: [370402](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370402)

## Names

- en: White-gaped Honeyeater
- de: Wulsthonigfresser
- es: Mielero Unicolor
- fr: Méliphage unicolore

## Countries with the most observations

AU (875)

## Summary

The white-gaped honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The white-gaped honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Stomiopera after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-gaped_honeyeater

## Photo

![Wulsthonigfresser](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-gaped-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331613028

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-gaped-honeyeater?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).