Mangrove Honeyeater
Mangrove Honeyeater; there is only one place I have spotted these cheeky birds, but am sure they are everywhere. They are 18-21cm in size. They can be seen from Townsville northern Queensland down to northern New South Wales. Their habitat includes mangroves, nearby eucalypt woodlands, and trees in coastal towns.
They breed from Aug-Nov and lay 2 eggs being pale salmon-pink or spotted red-brown in color. They are noisy and aggressive. They are like the varied Honeyeater
Mangrove-honeyeater is noisy and aggressive, they feed in outer foliage of mangroves, forages over lower trunks, roots and usually feeds on nectar and invertebrates, and sometimes fruit. The invertebrates they eat include insects, marine snails, and crab. Other sweet food sources include honeydew from bugs.
Their song is loud, melodious and ringing, but varying, e.g. “whit-u-we-u”. It is classified as scolding chatter. Small honeyeaters are often musical, while larger ones make a larger raucous sound
The Honeyeater's are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds. In total there are 186 species in 55 genera, roughly half of them native to Australia. A great many Australian plants are fertilised by honeyeaters
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