Showing posts with label Bird: White-naped Honeyeater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bird: White-naped Honeyeater. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Red brow, white nape

Yesterday I noticed a few White-naped Honeyeaters Melithreptus lunatus  in the pepper tree outside the back door but they were deep in the foliage and I was not able to get a photo. However today one was keen to get a drink from the waterlily bowl and spent a few minutes getting in position enabling a quick photo (although I didn't have time to adjust my speed so a bit of blurring).
There are two forms of this bird with the eastern form having the orange-red brow and is found down the east coast through to South Australia. The western form has a whitish eyebrow and is found in the south western corner of WA.