Habits
Singly, in pairs or small flocks of from 10 - 50.
Food
Invertebrates, nectar, fruit and seeds.
Voice
A strong, pleasant, sweet, tuneful and varied, with musical or melodious warbling, piping and trills. A high-pitched, plaintive 'mew', 'zee' or 'zeep' contact call. Also high-pitched rapid note calls.
luteus Gould, 1843 - Coastal northern Australia from northern Kimberley District east, including coastal islands of Melville, Bickerton, Groote Eylandt and Sir Edward Pellew Group, to western Cape York Peninsula (Edward R); isolated population in eastern Queensland (region of Ayr-mouth of Burdekin R).
balstoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1909 - Coastal north-western Australia from Shark Bay (including Dirk HartogI) east to Wotjulum (King Sound) and northern Kimberley District.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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