Australian Honeyeaters
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FAMILY : Honeyeaters
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Brown Honeyeater
(Lichmera indistincta) |
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Plain brown, with a small area of yellow behind the eye; wing and tail feathers edged yellow. Rear edge of bill (gape) yellow; black in breeding males. Juveniles similar to adults, with less yellow behind the eye.
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Bell Miner
(Manorina melanophrys) |
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A medium-large and solidly-built honeyeater that is the smallest of the miners. It is mostly olive-green, with a short, down-curved, bright yellow bill, a red-orange bare eye patch, and orange-yellow feet and legs. It has a square tail. The male is... Click to continue> |
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Noisy Miner
(Manorina melanocephala) |
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The Noisy Miner has a grey body and black crown and cheeks. The bill is yellow, Has patch of bare yellow skin behind eye. Click to continue> |
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Yellow-throated Miner
(Manorina flavigula) |
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A medium-sized, solid honeyeater. Grey above and on the breast with a white rump and belly. Tail and wings are grey with a yellow flush. Distinct yellow flush on the side of the neck and a yellow forehead. Black face surrounding a bright yellow eye... Click to continue> |
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Graceful Honeyeater
(Meliphaga gracilis) |
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Lewin's Honeyeater
(Meliphaga lewinii) |
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Lewin's Honeyeater is a medium sized honeyeater with greenish grey plumage, with a creamy yellow gape and large, yellowish crescent-shaped ear patches. Click to continue> |
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Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
(Meliphaga notata) |
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Black-chinned Honeyeater
(Melithreptus gularis) |
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Black-headed Honeyeater
(Melithreptus affinis) |
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A small honeyeater with a short downcurved bill. Adults have an obvious black hood, white around the eye and no white band across the back of the neck. Black hood extends to form a black shoulder stripe. Back is olive green with brown wings and grey... Click to continue> |
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Strong-billed Honeyeater
(Melithreptus validirostris) |
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A medium-sized honeyeater with a black head marked with a white band across the back of the neck. Back is olive-green and brown-grey below. White chin and throat. Has a sturdy bill and blue around the eye.
Feeds mostly on insects with some... Click to continue> |
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White-naped Honeyeater
(Melithreptus lunatus) |
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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.
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White-throated Honeyeater
(Melithreptus albogularis) |
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Dusky Honeyeater
(Myzomela obscura) |
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Small honeyeater. Wholly dark brown with a dark, down-curved bill. Juveniles similar to adults.
Occurs in singles or pairs, often congregating at flowering trees. Resident. Forages in trees and shrubs, eating mostly nectar, also... Click to continue> |
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Red-headed Honeyeater
(Myzomela erythrocephala) |
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Small honeyeater with a long curved bill. Male brown, palest on belly, with a scarlet head and rump. Female brown with red on face. Juvenile similar to female, sometimes with less red on face.
Usually seen in singles or pairs. Probably... Click to continue> |
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Scarlet Honeyeater
(Myzomela sanguinolenta) |
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The male Scarlet Honeyeater has scarlet head throat, with red down the back to the rump. The underparts are whitish. The wings and tail are dark almost black. The female is brown above and paler brown underneath with slight red tinge on chin. The... Click to continue> |
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Helmeted Friarbird
(Philemon buceroides) |
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Little Friarbird
(Philemon citreogularis) |
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Friarbirds belong to the honeyeater group of birds and are characterised by bare grey skin around their face and head. Little Friarbirds are the smallest of the friarbirds and have the least bare skin on the face. They have grey-brown upperparts and... Click to continue> |
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Noisy Friarbird
(Philemon corniculatus) |
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The Noisy Friarbird is dark brown to grey above, and off-white underside, with bald black head. Bill has prominent bump at the base. Click to continue> |
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Crescent Honeyeater
(Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera) |
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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... Click to continue> |
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New Holland Honeyeater
(Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) |
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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.... Click to continue> |
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White-cheeked Honeyeater
(Phylidonyris nigra) |
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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... Click to continue> |
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Striped Honeyeater
(Plectorhyncha lanceolata) |
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Bar-breasted Honeyeater
(Ramsayornis fasciatus) |
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Back, wings and tail brown. Head grey, mottled with black and white. Underparts whitish, with a black moustache and bold black spots and streaks on the chest, giving it a barred appearance. Juveniles similar to adults, but black areas... Click to continue> |
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Brown-backed Honeyeater
(Ramsayornis modestus) |
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Regent Honeyeater
(Xanthomyza phrygia) |
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It has a black head, neck and upper breast, a yellow back and breast scaled black, with the underparts grading into a white rump; black wings with conspicuous yellow patches, and a black tail, edged yellow. The male has yellowish warty bare skin... Click to continue> |
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