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LEWIN'S HONEYEATER
Photo: Courtesy of Graeme Guy
LEWIN'S HONEYEATER:
Meliphaga lewinii 20 cm
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Lewin’s Honeyeater is the extremely similar
counterpart of the Yellow-spotted and Graceful Honeyeaters that replace it in
foothill and coastal districts.
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Its loud staccato call is one of the familiar sounds of upland rainforests.
- It feeds mainly on insects, nectar and fruit.
- Many
have learnt to visit picnic tables to look for crumbs.
- Several are daily visitors to the lodge
railings at
Chambers Wildlife
Rainforest Lodge .
Additional Information:
Courtesy of
Damon Ramsey
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This
medium sized honeyeater is one of the most common and diagnostic birds of the
Australian east coast rainforests.
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In the tropics it is usually found at higher
altitudes.
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It's call is one of the most familiar and distinctive sounds of the
rainforest, a fast 'machine gun' like series of whistles.
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If you get a good,
close look, you may notice that it tends to be slightly chubbier than the other
Meliphagas, the yellow patch tends to be fuller and more of a half moon, and
there are small scale like marks on the breast.
Additional Lewin's Honeyeater Photo
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