Gibberbird

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Gibberbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Ashbyia
North 1911
Species: A. lovensis
Binomial name
Ashbyia lovensis
(Ashby, 1911)

The Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. The names of the species is derived from the gibber plains that comprise its habitat. It is a terrestrial species which feeds on seeds and lives singly or in pairs.

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