White-streaked Honeyeater (Trichodere cockerelli)

Other Names (World)
White-streaked Honeyeater, Brush-throated Honeyeater, Cockerell's Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
16 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1869)

Derivation
Trich'-o-der'-e - Gk, trichos, hair (genitive of thrix); Gk, dere, neck: cockerelli - J.T. Cockerell, naturalist, who worked in the Tropics

Abundance (Guide)
MC

Moderately common. Locally nomadic.

Habitat
Tropical dry open forests and woodlands dominated by eucalypts, with an open and grassy or dense and heathy understorey.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Image of Range of White-streaked Honeyeater

Cape York Peninsula south to about Cooktown, Qld.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Probably secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly or in pairs, but occasionally small and large flocks.

Food
Insects and nectar.

Voice
Loud, scolding. Also a sweet, liquid, high-pitched, four-note whistle.

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White-streaked Honeyeater (Trichodere cockerelli) [XC104968]
by Phil Gregory from Iron Range National Park, QLD, Australia (call)

White-streaked Honeyeater (Trichodere cockerelli) [XC437726]
by nick talbot from Tozer's Gap, Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
January - May.

Nest
Frail, cup-shaped, composed of dry twigs and vine-tendrils, bound with cobweb, placed in a small tree.

Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, slightly lustrous, cream-buff to pink with a zone of purple-red or brown freckles at the larger end; swollen-oval; about 17 x 14 mm.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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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