Derivation
Cö-nö-poph'-il-a - Gk, conops, gnat; Gk, philos, fond of: whitei - Alfred Henry Edsworth White, son of Henry L. White (1860 - 1927), prominent ornithologist and collector, of Belltrees, Scone, NSW
Habitat
Low acacia woodlands and shrublands in arid zones, including those dominated by mulga. Also in well vegetated sandhills, and gardens.
Arid and semi-arid inland Australia: widely scattered records from W
Western Australia east to central and southern Northern Territory (south of 17° south)
and, rarely, northern South Australia.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei) [XC165129]
by Nigel Jackett from Juna Downs, Western Australia, Australia (call)
Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei) [XC566894]
by id from Hale, Macdonnell Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Nest
A frail structure, composed of fiber, loosely wooven and bound with cobweb, placed near the extremity of a slender branch within 2 m of the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; white, dotted red-brown, particularly at the larger end; tapered-oval; about 17 x 12 mm. Incubation: by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Tended 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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