(Xanthotis macleayanus) [XC105076]
by Eliot Miller from Kingfisher Park Julatten, Atherton Tableland Qld, Australia (song)
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) [XC285204]
by Phil Gregory from Cassowary House, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, Australia (begging call)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of fiber, leaves, and other materials, lined with fine rootlets, placed in a bush.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, slightly lustrous, pale flesh-buff, dotted and freckled with chestnut, particularly at the larger end where grey markings also occur; oval; about 23 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 15 days; probably by female only.
Young
Fledge in about 14 days. Fed by both parents.
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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