- Melithreptus gularis
Includes: Golden-backed Honeyeater
Identification
17 cm
- Black cap
- White crescent around nape
- White throat with black centre line
- Crescent-shaped blue skin over the eye
- Dull olive-green back and wings
- Greyish-brown tail
- White underparts
- Greyish-buff breast
- Slightly downcurved bill is short and black
Distribution
Endemic to Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland South Australia and Victoria.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Laetior is sometimes split as Golden-backed Honeyeater.
Habitat
Drier eucalypt forests; woodlands; timber on watercourses, often with no understorey; scrubs; ironbark forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, nectar and honeydew.
Breeding
Breeding takes place from June to December. The compact, suspended, cup-shaped nest is placed high in the crown of a tree, in the uppermost lateral branches, hidden by foliage. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs. Both adults (and occasionally helpers) feed the young.
Vocalisation
The call is a ringing, bubbling trill, repeated several times.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au
- BF member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chinned Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chinned_Honeyeater
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