Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Meliphaga notata· 吸蜜鸟科(1 photos)
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Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
17.5 cm. Other name: Lesser Lewin Honeyeater. Smaller then Lewin's: bill finer, comparatively longer; plumage brighter; eye brown; gape streak yellow; yellow ear mark forms rounded triangle. C. York birds paler, brighter. Singles, pairs: aggressive; flight swift, undulating; feeds acrobatically; tame around habitation. Note range.
- Voice
- loud; high-pitched metallic, descending, 'keah-keah-keah-keah!'; machinegun rattle like Lewin's, inferior in tone, volume; speed varying; loud scolding.
- Habitat
- rainforests, monsoon forests, vine-scrubs, eucalypt woodlands, watercourses, mangroves, bananas, cultivation, lantana, gardens; mostly below c. 400 m.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Nest
- cup of bark-shreds, palm fibre, spiders' web, lichen; lined with plant down; 1-3 m high in low shrub, mangrove.
- Eggs
- 2; pink-white, spotted reddish, purple.
- Range & Status
- ne. Q: from C. York s. to Aurukun R. on w. coast; Townsville on e. coast in lower foothills, coastal islands. Common. Sedentary, nomadic. Also Torres Strait.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Meliphaga notata notata 2. Meliphaga notata mixta
