Bridled Honeyeater
Bolemoreus frenatus· 吸蜜鸟科(1 photos)
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Bridled Honeyeater
20-22 cm. Distinctive dark honeyeater: bill black with yellow base; eye grey; yellowish/pink line curves from gape under eye in small fleshy patch. Forehead/face, throat and ear-coverts black; white scalloping behind eye; yellow tip on ear-coverts; pale grey patch on side of neck. Singles, pairs, small flocks: active, pugnacious; tame in rainforest parks.
- Other name
- Mountain Honeyeater.
- Similar Species
- Eungella Honeyeater.
- Voice
- clear, imperious 'we-are' or 'wachita-wachita'.
- Habitat
- highland rainforests, watercourse vegetation, wetter eucalypt woodlands; in winter, paperbarks, eucalypt woodlands.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Dec.
- Nest
- cup of fine twigs, stems; lined with plant fibre; in leafy twigs, vine, usually low.
- Eggs
- 2; whitish, spotted red-brown, grey-brown, purplish grey.
- Range & Status
- ne. Q: from near Cooktown (Mt Amos), s. on highlands to Paluma Ra., near Townsville. Common. Sedentary, winter movement to coastal lowlands.
