White-gaped Honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) [XC664160]
by James Lambert from Charles Darwin University, Darwin Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia (call)
White-gaped Honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) [XC679750]
by James Lambert from Tiwi, City of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of thin strips of bark and dried grasses, usually placed in a bushy tree.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, slightly lustrous, white to pale flesh with freckles of red and purple, particularly at the larger end; oval; about 22 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 15 days; by female.
Young
Naked at hatching. Fledge in about 13 - 14 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) which has a longer, thinner, whitish gape-streak and also has a yellow ear patch.
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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