Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis) [XC372256]
by Mark Harper from Gluepot, South Australia, Australia (alarm call, call)
Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis) [XC334424]
by Martin Cake from Gluepot, South Australia, Australia (call)
Nest
A loose untidy bowl composed of grass and fine twigs, lined with fine grass and other soft materials, placed in a mallee eucalypt up to 7 or 8 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
Usually 3 or 4; pink to red-buff with specks or blotches of red or purple-brown, mostly at the larger end; oval; about 26 x 18 mm.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Manorina flavigula (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula) and Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis) following Christidis and Boles (1994).
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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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