Nest
Small, cup-shaped, composed of strips of bark and fine grasses, bound together with spiders web, suspended in a fork at the extremity of a small leafy branch of a tree or bush.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, matt, cream with a buff zone of dusky brown freckles at the larger end; swollen-oval ; about 17 x 12 mm. Incubation: by female.
Young
Hatchlings and fledglings fed by both parents.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
This species and Black Honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum) often placed in genus Certhionyx because of similarities in external appearance to Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus). However, DNA-sequencing studies indicate that the three species are unrelated.
Similar Species
Male with male Black Honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum) which has a black head and breast, and female with with female which has a brown streaked breast.
References
See References.
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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