White-Cheeked Honeyeater

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White-Cheeked Honeyeater

A gorgeous little bird with its striking colors of yellow, black and white. White-Cheeked Honeyeater is only 16-18cm in size and lives, breeds and feeds in rainforest margins, eucalypt forests, watercourse vegetation, coastal scrubs, paperbarks, and wet heaths. The most similar species is New Holland Honeyeater

They also source insects often hovering for them in the air. On the Whitye Cheeked Honeyeater link above there is a lot of information on the lovely little bird, well worth the read. They Breed April- Nov and they have just the one partner for the breeding season. (how lovely) or depending on nectar availability. She will lay 2-3 eggs. They usually hatch in15 days and both take turns sitting on the eggs and even feeding them after hatching and until they fledge (develope enough wings to fly)

Dedicated to all the Australian Fauna and Flora lost in the 2019/2020 bush fires

 

 


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