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Lewin's Honeyeater

Meliphaga lewinii

Description:

The Lewin's Honeyeater is small to medium in size. It is dark greenish grey in colour, with a creamy yellow gape (fleshy corners of the mouth). It has large, yellowish crescent-shaped ear patches. In flight, the pale yellow edges of the flight feathers can be seen. The bill is black and the eye is blue-grey. Both sexes are similar in appearance. Young Lewin's Honeyeaters are similar to the adults, but have brown eyes.

Habitat:

Spotted in backyard feeding on berries from unknown tree amongst rainforest species.

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5 Comments

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 9 years ago

Thanks noel and James!! :)

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Gorgeous!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 9 years ago

Beautiful series, Alice!

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 9 years ago

Thanks Leuba! Not sure what that one is unfortunately!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice looking bird. I also like the tree it's on. Thanks Alice.

AliceGreenup
Spotted by
AliceGreenup

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Aug 25, 2014
Submitted on Aug 25, 2014

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