Family: Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Authority: (Wilson, 1911)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very small breeding population that is declining as a result of fire combined with ongoing hybridisation with Yellow-throated Miners M. flavigula, and is therefore classified as Endangered.

Population size: 400-2000, 1000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 14,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - Australia
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial