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BIRD FACTS |
Description
Small honeyeater with short, slender bill that is slightly curved downwards. Upper parts olive-green, mostly white below. Black cap with white band on back of head. Orange-red patch of skin above eye. Length 13.5 cm; wingspan 20.5 cm.
Usually seen in pairs or small groups, but can form large flocks on migration. These birds usually feed on nectar and insects in the canopy of tall trees, but sometimes forage in the understorey. They are noisy, active and acrobatic when foraging.
Author credit: Alexis Tindall / South Australian Museum
Habitat
Open dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands, especially those dominated by eucalypts.
Food
Nectar, insects
Range
Eastern and south-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.
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: | Melithreptus | | Species: | lunatus | | Common Name: | White-naped Honeyeater |
Relatives in same Genus
Black-headed Honeyeater (M. affinis)
White-throated Honeyeater (M. albogularis)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (M. gularis)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (M. validirostris)
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