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title: "Singing Honeyeater"
description: "Gavicalis virescens — Uccelli. The singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/singing-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Singing Honeyeater

> Gavicalis virescens — Uccelli. The singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Gavicalis virescens*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 7655
- iNaturalist taxon: [370319](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370319)

## Names

- en: Singing Honeyeater
- de: Pfeifhonigfresser
- es: Mielero cantarín
- fr: Méliphage chanteur

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7436)

## Summary

The singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The bird lives in a wide range of shrubland, woodland, and coastal habitat. It is relatively common and is widespread right across Australia west of the Great Dividing Range, through to the west coast and on Western Australian coastal islands. It does not occur in other countries.

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

## Photo

![Singing Honeyeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/singing-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185105275

## Machine access

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