New Holland Honeyeater

Description:

Two separate birds...same place. "The New Holland Honeyeater is mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye." (Birdlife Australia)

Habitat:

Flitting around the shrubs and trees to get to the flowers along the bank of the Frankland River...and people's backyards on opposite side of road.

Notes:

First time I have seen this lovely Honeyeater! In pic 1 the Honeyeater is on a Kangaroo Paw plant "which belongs to the genus Anigozanthos, which has 11 species. The closely related Black Kangaroo Paw is called Macropidia fulginosa. Anigozanthos and Macropidia occur naturally only in the southwest of Western Australia. They occur in a variety of habitats and soil types." (Australian National Botanic Gardens) Reference: http://www.anbg.gov.au/anigozanthos/ (Australian National Botanic Gardens) Reference: The Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian Birds, Mobile App. Reference: http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/New-...