WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER

132    WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER            Lichenostomus penicillatus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Australia     (132)

Also called Chickowee, Greenie or Native Canary. 15-17 cm. Found never far from water in open forests/woodlands, watercourses, mallee, blossoming woodlands/heaths, parks, gardens. Range widespread across e and se mainland and along rivers in interior.

NOTE:           4 subspecies in Australia

carteri:               central WA

penicillatus:       se Aust., from s Qld, through NSW, Vice, into se tip of SA

calconii:             band from border to coast across WA near Broome

leilavalensis:      central Aust, to ne SA and w Qld.    

Subspecies carteri, photographed at Onslow, WA, July 2018