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BIRD FACTS |
Description
Body black and white except for a bright yellow patch on the wing. Underparts white with numerous black streaks and fine white streaks on the throat. White stripe above the eye, patch below the eye and behind the ear. Juveniles brown with grey eyes. Body up to 20 cm long.
New Holland Honeyeaters feed on nectar, insects and honeydew. They may breed at different times of year in different parts of Australia.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Heaths, coastal banksia woodlands and urban areas.
Food
Omnivore
Range
South-western and south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
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: | novaehollandiae | | Common Name: | New Holland Honeyeater |
Relatives in same Genus
White-cheeked Honeyeater (P. nigra)
Crescent Honeyeater (P. pyrrhoptera)
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