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Tawny Crowned Honeyeater

Glyciphila melanops

Description:

The Tawny-crowned Honeyeater is pale brown above fading to white below, with a whitish throat and bib. Its tawny crown is separated from a black face by a white line from beak, over the eye and curving down behind the ear. The black facial feathers curve down to a black "wishbone" either side of bib. It has a slender curved black bill. The juvenile's crown is browner with white streaks, with no white line, the face is brown and "wishbone" pattern is less pronounced and streaky. Its throat is yellow.

Habitat:

These birds mostly live in coastal heathlands in the temperate zones in southern Australia, but can extend into the sand plains with suitable vegetation.

Notes:

Feeding: The main food sources for Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters are nectar and insects. Breeding: The birds construct a deep cup of bark, grass, rootlets, leaves and spider web in a dense live shrub, or occasionally tussock grass. The female incubates but both feed the young birds.

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2 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks LuisStevens

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

And I thought hummingbirds were the only birds to feed on nectar. Great spotting Mac Christiansen!

MacChristiansen
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MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Oct 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013

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