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Photo by Pearly_Shells
Lamington NP, QLD, Australia

Meliphaga lewinii

[edit] Identification

20-22cm. Dark greenish grey, creamy yellow gape. Large, yellowish crescent-shaped ear patches. In flight, has pale yellow edges of the flight feathers. Black bill and blue-grey eye. Young birds are similar but have brown eyes.

[edit] Distribution

Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Rainforest and open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes fruits, favouring berries and small fruits, insects and nectar.

Its nest is a large cup of vegetation and other materials, bound together with spider web and lined with soft material. 2-3 oval eggs are laid and are incubated for about 14 days and the young birds leave the nest after a further 14 days.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID