Habitat
Mostly paperbark thickets or woodlands around ephemeral wetlands. Also in nearby eucalypt or paperbark forest or open woodland, especially bordering watercourses.
Nest
Domed, with a hooded side-entrance, composed of fine strips of paper-bark, lightly bound with cobweb, suspended from a slender branch of a tree or bush, seldom higher than 2 - 3 meters above the ground, usually over water. Sometimes near a wasps nest. One of only two honeyeaters having a nest with a side entrance, the other being Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus).
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3; matt, white, unmarked or very sparingly spotted with minute black dots which sometimes form a dark cap at the larger end; tapered-oval to long-oval; about 20 x 13 mm. Incubation: about 14 - 16 days.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 12 - 15 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus) is similar in shape but slightly larger, has a white face with a bold, dark malar stripe, and is boldly streaked.
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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