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Noisy Miner at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Noisy Miner at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Noisy Miner at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Noisy Miner
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Noisy Miner
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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NOISY MINER FACTS |
Description
The Noisy Miner has a grey body and black crown and cheeks. The bill is yellow, Has patch of bare yellow skin behind eye.
Size
26cm
Habitat
woodlands, open forests, parks and gardens
Food
nectar, fruits and insects
Breeding
Untidy large cup of twigs and grasses bound with spiders web lined with finer material, build about 2-10 m in tree fork or branch. Lays 2-4 buff-white speckled eggs.
Range
northern Queensland along the eastern coast to South 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.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Manorina | | Species: | melanocephala | | Common Name: | Noisy Miner |
Relatives in same Genus
Yellow-throated Miner (M. flavigula)
Bell Miner (M. melanophrys)
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