Monday, September 28, 2015

YELLOW-SPOTTED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Crystal Creek caravan park, September 2015
655          YELLOW SPOTTED HONEYEATER      Meliphaga notata

Australia         (497)

Also known as Lesser Lewin Honeyeater. 17.5 cm. Found in rainforests, monsoon forests, vine scrubs, eucalypt woodlands, watercourses, mangroves, bananas, cultivation, lantana, gardens; mostly below c. 400m. Range: ne. Queensland from Cape York s. to Aurukun R. on w. coast; Townsville on e. coast in lower foothills, coastal islands. Nomadic.




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