Description
Medium-sized honeyeater with fairly long bill that curves downwards. Dark grey head and back, brown-grey sides, merging to white breast and paler grey underparts. Bright yellow panels on wings and tail, white markings on outer tail. Black crescent on sides of upper breast, narrow white stripe above and behind eye. Female duller, mostly olive-brown and olive-yellow, with no white markings in tail. Length 15.5 cm; wingspan 19 cm.
Usually seen in pairs or small groups, attracted to flowering plants and can be seen in suburban gardens. Agile and acrobatic when feeding and will join with other honeyeaters at abundant sources of food.
Author credit: Alexis Tindall / South Australian Museum
Habitat
Varied dense vegetation, including wet sclerophyll forest, scrub, areas with eucalyptus and acacia.
Food
Nectar, fruit, insects
Range
South-eastern Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Phylidonyris | | Species: | pyrrhoptera | | Common Name: | Crescent Honeyeater |
Relatives in same Genus
White-cheeked Honeyeater (P. nigra)
New Holland Honeyeater (P. novaehollandiae)
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