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'''Alternative name: Scarlet Honeyeater'''
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[[Image:Scarlet_Honeyeater.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Tom+Tarrant|Tom Tarrant}}<br /> Samsonvale, south-eastern [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]]
  
;Myzomela sanguinolenta
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;[[:Category:Myzomela|Myzomela]] sanguinolenta
[[Image:Scarlet_Honeyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant<br />Photo taken: Samsonvale, SE Queensland, Australia.]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
10-11 cm.  Bright red head, breast, back and rump, black tail and wings (wing feathers have white margins) with a white abdomen. The female is a pale brown with a whitish abdomen. Both have black bills and eyes.
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10-11 cm<br />
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Black bill and eye<br />
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Male
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*Red head, breast, back and rump
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*Black tail and wings (wing feathers have white margins)
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*White abdomen<br />
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[[Image:FDSCF8806 female scarlet-1.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Female<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=16212 Mat & Cathy]'''<br />Oxley Creek Common, Brisbane, [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]]
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Female: pale brown; whitish abdomen
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
East coast of [[Australia]], [[Indonesia]] and [[New Caledonia]]. The male is a striking bright red with black wings; the female is entirely brown
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Eastern [[Australia]] (Cooktown, [[Queensland]] to east [[Victoria]]).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forests.
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Mixed Eucalypt forest with paperbarks and bushland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
Its diet includes nectar and insects.
 
Its diet includes nectar and insects.
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====Breeding====
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[[Image:ScarletHoneyeater 0367 sw.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|kerriebr|kerriebr}}<br />Gold Coast, [[Queensland]], August 2013 ]]
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The tiny nest is found high in the canopy. It is formed from bark held together with spider web. The small white eggs have reddish-brown or purple flecks.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Myzomela sanguinolenta" {{!}} "Scarlet Myzomela" {{!}} "Scarlet Honeyeater"}}
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Its nest is a  tiny cup of shredded bark with spider web as binding, high up in tree canopy, or mistletoe.  The small eggs are white, flecked with dull red-brown or grey-purple.
 
  
==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myzomela]]
{{GSearch|Scarlet+Honeyeater}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=63&bid=841 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:07, 8 April 2023

Alternative name: Scarlet Honeyeater

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Samsonvale, south-eastern Queensland, Australia
Myzomela sanguinolenta

Identification

10-11 cm
Black bill and eye
Male

  • Red head, breast, back and rump
  • Black tail and wings (wing feathers have white margins)
  • White abdomen
Female
Photo by Mat & Cathy
Oxley Creek Common, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Female: pale brown; whitish abdomen

Distribution

Eastern Australia (Cooktown, Queensland to east Victoria).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Mixed Eucalypt forest with paperbarks and bushland.

Behaviour

Diet

Its diet includes nectar and insects.

Breeding

Juvenile
Photo by kerriebr
Gold Coast, Queensland, August 2013

The tiny nest is found high in the canopy. It is formed from bark held together with spider web. The small white eggs have reddish-brown or purple flecks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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