Brown Honeyeater ?

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Sun, 25/09/2011 - 22:16

#1

gphe

Brown Honeyeater ?

Can anyone confirm for me that this is a Brown honeyeater?

Thanks,
Geoff

Mon, 26/09/2011 - 02:45

#2

Meave

I think you're right, they do get the streak under the beak although I have seen some without it, just the small yellow paatch behind the eye.

Meave

Mon, 26/09/2011 - 04:24

#3

Andy

That is definitely a Brown Honeyeater. The yellow gape is present in some birds - can't remember if it's male or female, or breeeding or non-breeding.

Lovely photos; the flowers are beautiful!

Mon, 26/09/2011 - 19:42

#4

gphe

Thank you both.

Every year about this time we get a large flock of these fly over us each morning and back again in the afternoon. They tend to fly from one tall tree to another, but they rarely stop for long and hence have been very hard to identify. Fortunately this one must have been a bit hungry so dropped down low for a feed from our grevillias - just long enough for me to take the photos.

Thanks again for confirming my thoughts
Cheers,
Geoff

Tue, 04/10/2011 - 03:49

#5

jaytee

Lovely photos, we get a lot of Brown Honeyeaters here as well, they are such busy little birds and have such a loud call for a little bird!

I have 'The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds' on loan from the Library at present. I'll include this quote which mentions the yellow gape:-

Plain olive-brown honeyeater with small yellow patch behind eye, and usually with yellow gape (except male while breeding, when it is black);edges of wing feathers washed greenish-yellow.

Jeanne
Brisbane QLD

Tue, 04/10/2011 - 05:48

#6

gphe

Thanks Jeanne.

Cheers,
Geoff

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