Photographed at the Arid Garden, Port Augusta, South Australia March 2015 |
539 WHITE-FRONTED HONEYEATER Phylidonyris albifrons
Australia (380)
16-18 cm. Found in drier inland and coastal scrubs, heaths; mulga, mallee, blossoming shrubs, timber on watercourses, eucalypt woodlands. Range widespread on mainland w. of Divide and s. of tropical n. Aust. Resident coastal WA; Broome-Perth and s. coast Albany (WA)-Coorong (SA); moves tp coastal s. Aust in summer; n. to Kimberley and n. coast in winter.
very elegant shape - he is perfectly adapted for his job
ReplyDeleteAmazing how you find these birds :-)
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