Photographed at Gluepot, South Australia, August 2017 |
1221 BLACK-EARED MINER Manorina melanotis
AUSTRALIA 714
Restricted to large blocks of intact mallee in se Aust; population centred on Gluepot Reserve (SA). 26 mm. Very rare and were predicted to become extinct through interbreeding with Yellow-throated miner but may be holding their own.