Pied Honeyeater
UncommonGBIF 47.3·Dongniao Rarity Index9.51
英文名：Pied Honeyeater（学名：Certhionyx variegatus），是雀形目吸蜜鸟科的鸟类。15–18 厘米。雄鸟：注意拱形的蓝灰色嘴、眼下蓝灰色的肉垂，黑色的喉部；白色的翼斑、腰部、尾羽斑块和下体。雌鸟：上体灰褐色，具不明显的浅色眉纹；肉垂较小；翼上具明显的“网状”斑纹；偏白色的下体具较深的纵纹。成对、结群：见于开花的鸸鹋木、哈克木、银桦、槲寄生、桉树；神经质，抽动尾部。求偶的雄鸟叫个不停；颤翅飞行；陡直攀升，尾展开如炸弹般俯冲。
Pied Honeyeater
15-18 cm. Male: note arched blue-grey bill, blue-grey wattle under eye, black throat; white wingbar, rump, tail panels and underparts. Female: grey-brown above with faint pale eyebrow; smaller wattle; strong 'netted' pattern on wings; whitish underparts streaked darker. Pairs, parties: in blossoming eremophilas, hakeas, grevilleas, mistletoes, eucalypts; nervous, flicks tail. Courting males call incessantly; fly with quivering wings; rise steeply, dive bomblike, tail fanned.
- Similar Species
- Black Honeyeater. White-winged Triller.
- Voice
- courting males emit incessant high-pitched, morse code-like 'peepee-pee-pee' or 'pee-peepee-pee'.
- Habitat
- arid scrublands, mulga, mallee-spinifex, flowering shrubs/trees, eucalypt woodlands.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Nov., or after rain.
- Nest
- untidy cup of grass, twigs, spiders' web; in fork of shrub, tree to 5 m.
- Eggs
- 2-3 (4); pale fawn, blotched pale grey; clustered blackish spots.
- Range & Status
- arid interior, e. to c. Q-NSW, to w. coast c. Port Hedland-Geraldton (WA); s. to Nullarbor Plain-Murray mallee (SA); casual nw. Vic. Patchy, irregular. Locally common; highly nomadic.
