New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae· 吸蜜鸟科(4 photos)
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New Holland Honeyeater
17-18cm. Bill black, longish; face black, with white eye, white rear eyebrow, whisker-tuft and ear-tuft; sparse spiky 'beard'; bold yellow wing-panels; white tips to outer tail feathers visible in flight. Immature: browner; gape yellow; eye grey; ear-tuft smaller. Singles, parties, in local colony: active at blossoms; with fights, chases, noisy 'corroborees'.
- Other name
- Yellow-winged Honeyeater.
- Similar Species
- White-cheeked Honeyeater.
- Voice
- sharp 'jik'; squeaky 'phsee'; high-pitched alarm rattle, jigging scolding.
- Habitat
- eucalypt forests/woodlands with scrubby understorey; creekside, coastal scrubs, heathlands; mallee-spinifex, golf courses, orchards, parks, gardens.
- Breeding
- mostly July-Jan.
- Nest
- rough small cup of twigs, grass, stems, spiders' web, plant down; in fork of low dense shrub, bracken, 1-3 m high.
- Eggs
- 2-3; buff-white to pink; spotted, blotched chestnut-red, slate-grey.
- Range & Status
- coastal se. Aust.; from c. Gympie (Q) to s. Eyre Pen.-Kangaroo I. (SA), Tas., Bass Strait islands. In s. WA, widespread s. of Cocklebiddy-L. King-Eneabba. Common (except coastally n. of Sydney). Sedentary; autumn-winter dispersal in WA.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae novaehollandiae 2. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae caudatus 3. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae canescens 4. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae campbelli 5. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris
