White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons) [XC689130]
by Marc Anderson from Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (song)
White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons) [XC689131]
by Marc Anderson from Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of bark and grass, lined with plant-down, placed in a low bush, within 1 - 2 m of the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3; pale buff spotted at the larger end with red-brown and underlying purple; oval; about 20 x 14 mm. Incubation: about 14 days; said to be by female only.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days.
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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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