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White-cheeked Honeyeater - Phylidonyris nigra |
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White-checked Honeyeater on a banksia plant surveying the area. |
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The White-checked Honeyeater; this is the eastern variant with triangular cheek patches. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Found along the east coast from south New South Wales to north of Rockhampton; and in the south western corner of Western Australia. Two variants occupy these widely separated areas; the western variant has large oval white cheek patches, the eastern variant has triangular cheek patches. ![]() The New Holland Honeyeater - Phylidonyris novaehollandiae - is very similar but has white eye rings and lacks white cheek patches. ![]() |
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White-cheeked Honeyeater - page 2 |
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Common; locally migratory or nomadic. Lives in coastal heath or undergrowth areas of open forests; in woodlands and rainforest margins. In north Queensland lives in the highlands. Forages for nectar and insects; often moving in small groups in search of flowering vegetation.
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