Bar-breasted Honeyeater - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by RMD
Nhulunbuy Northern Territory, Australia, January 2005

Ramsayornis fasciatus

Identification

13–14·5 cm

• Black head with white scallops
• Narrow white supercilium

Distribution

Northern Australia: found from Broome to Cape York Peninsula and coastal central Queensland

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Some authorities recognise 3 subspecies²

• R. f. fasciatus
• R. f. apsleyi
• R. f. broomei

Habitat

Rivers and swamps, gardens and woodlands.

Behaviour

Diet

Includes nectar and insects

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-breasted Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-breasted_Honeyeater

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