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| − | [[Image:New_Holland_Honeyeater.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:New_Holland_Honeyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil]] |
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photo taken in Sydney, Australia in June 2004 | photo taken in Sydney, Australia in June 2004 | ||
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| − | Habitat | + | The New Holland Honeyeater is mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an active bird, and rarely sits still long enough to give an extended view. Sexes are similar in looks, but females are slightly smaller in size. Young birds are browner and have a grey eye. |
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | The New Holland Honeyeater's range extends throughout southern Australia, from about Brisbane, Queensland, to just north of Perth, Western Australia. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Low scrub, swamps, heath, woodlands particularly where banksias are common. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It is inquisitive and approaches humans. It also mixes with other types of honeyeaters. New Holland Honeyeaters are active feeders. They mostly eat the nectar of flowers, and busily dart from flower to flower in search of this high-energy food. Other food items include fruit, insects and spiders. Birds may feed alone, but normally gather in quite large groups. Most feeding takes place in lower areas of bushes and thickets. | ||
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| + | The New Holland Honeyeater's cup-shaped nest is made of bark and grasses, bound together with spider web. It is lined with soft material and is placed in a bush or tree, anywhere from ground level up to 6 m. Both sexes feed the chicks. A pair of adults may raise two or three broods in a year. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=528&si=New%20Holland%20Honeyeater&what=allfields&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of New Holland Honeyeater in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=528&si=New%20Holland%20Honeyeater&what=allfields&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of New Holland Honeyeater in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 23 June 2007
- Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Identification
photo taken in Sydney, Australia in June 2004
The New Holland Honeyeater is mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an active bird, and rarely sits still long enough to give an extended view. Sexes are similar in looks, but females are slightly smaller in size. Young birds are browner and have a grey eye.
Distribution
The New Holland Honeyeater's range extends throughout southern Australia, from about Brisbane, Queensland, to just north of Perth, Western Australia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Low scrub, swamps, heath, woodlands particularly where banksias are common.
Behaviour
It is inquisitive and approaches humans. It also mixes with other types of honeyeaters. New Holland Honeyeaters are active feeders. They mostly eat the nectar of flowers, and busily dart from flower to flower in search of this high-energy food. Other food items include fruit, insects and spiders. Birds may feed alone, but normally gather in quite large groups. Most feeding takes place in lower areas of bushes and thickets.
The New Holland Honeyeater's cup-shaped nest is made of bark and grasses, bound together with spider web. It is lined with soft material and is placed in a bush or tree, anywhere from ground level up to 6 m. Both sexes feed the chicks. A pair of adults may raise two or three broods in a year.
