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Photo by Michele Sawyer
female, Sept. 2004

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

[edit] Identification

Male

• Dark grey upperparts
• Pale brown-grey-white below
• Yellow wing patches
• White streak above eye
• Dark crescent across both sides of breast, white line below crescent
• White tail markings
• Red brown iris
• Downcurved bill

Female

• Olive brown upperparts
• White-brown-grey below
• Olive yellow wing patches
• Olive crescent across both sides of breast

[edit] Distribution

South east Australia and Tasmania.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal heaths, forests, parks and gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar, insects and fruit.

The cup shaped nest is built by the female, from twigs, grass, bark, and plant materials; it is lined with moss, fur, and down. The eggs are incubated by the female; the young are fed by both parents.

[edit] References

Birds in Backyards

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID