Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Adult, ventral
White-plumed Honeyeater
Juvenile, front
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| Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Adult, ventral | | White-plumed Honeyeater Juvenile, front | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||||||||||||||
| Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | |||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Honeyeater (Meliphagidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||||
| Species: | Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)| This Photo: | Totem Game | Synonym: | Lichenostomus ornatus | Other name: | Mallee Honeyeater | Thank you Jack Morgan, Jenny Donald & Brendan Duggan for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: They have this strange habit of a flock of birds flying to a single dead upright branch, and seeing who manages to get on top. It's the only bird we've seen do this. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Olive head with a thick yellow line (plume) under the ear. Striated, buff breast. The back is striated-grey bleeding to yellow wings.
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