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Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Mostly white and black with a distinctive black and white eye, a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. The breast is strongly streaked near the top. There is also a small white ear patch. Approximately 220mm?
Dry sclerophyll eucalyptus and acacia area in a local national park.
Found from about southern Queensland, around the southern coast of Australia, to just north of Perth in Western Australia.
Honeyeaters are known to spread exotic weed species when they feed on these species. They normally provide that service to native plants.
family: MELIPHAGIDAE
subfamily: Meliphaginae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/New+Hollan...
http://keys.lucidcentral.org/key-server/...
Spotted on Aug 28, 2014
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks James. They're perky little chookies. Pity it was max zoom on my pocket cam.
Beauty