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Crescent Honeyeater

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

Description:

This bird was flying around on it's own, not too far from the Superb Fairy Wrens

Habitat:

light woodland area within a eucalyptus forest

Notes:

The Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to eastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the genus Phylidonyris, it is most closely related to the common New Holland Honeyeater (P. novaehollandiae) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/636...

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lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago
Crescent Honeyeater
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Crescent Honeyeater


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6 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Always a red-letter day when you get a slime mould.

Aonach_Eagach
Aonach_Eagach 12 years ago

I did get the slime mould, which I was pleased about

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

At least you got birds, all I got was bugs.

Aonach_Eagach
Aonach_Eagach 12 years ago

well thats all birds I have from the weekend

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Well you make it easy on me when you post species found in Tasmania. Again, just saw my first crescent of the season this last week.

Aonach_Eagach
Aonach_Eagach 12 years ago

Well done, I'd just managed to get the book open

Aonach_Eagach
Spotted by
Aonach_Eagach

5152, South Australia, Australia

Spotted on Aug 20, 2011
Submitted on Aug 22, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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