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Upperparts greenish/olive colour. Underparts grey. Yellow cheek mark.
Struggling to decide between Yellow-spotted Honeyeater and Graceful Honeyeater. Any thoughts?
Spotted on Aug 1, 2013
Submitted on Aug 31, 2013
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Hi Rachel! From the information I can find find these are hard to tell apart on morphology only. From my guide (Simpson and Day 6th edition): Yellow-spotted has different calls and flight mannerisms. Graceful is more energetic. Both occur in the same habitat which doesn't help. Graceful is said to have a "more slender body".