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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The White-cheeked Honeyeater is a black and white honeyeater, with a long bill that curves downwards. It has large bright yellow tail and yellow panels on the wings. The head is black with white cheek patch. Young birds are duller with brownish plumage.
Size
16-18cm
Habitat
moist heathlands, wetlands, forests, woodlands with a heath understorey
Food
mainly nectar, also some insects
Breeding
The nest is cup-shaped made from twigs, bark, and other plant materials, lined with pieces of flowers. The nest is placed low in forked branch of tree or shrub, often close to the ground, well-concealed in dense foliage or long grass. Lays 1 - 3 eggs.
Range
eastern and south-western Australia, from east of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland through coastal New South Wales. Also found in south-western Western Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
Similar to New holland Honeyeater. The White-cheeked Honeyeater has dark eye - the New Holland Honeyeater has white eye.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Phylidonyris | | Species: | nigra | | Common Name: | White-cheeked Honeyeater |
Relatives in same Genus
New Holland Honeyeater (P. novaehollandiae)
Crescent Honeyeater (P. pyrrhoptera)
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