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Photo by mehdhalaouate
Photo taken: Cairns, Australia.

Lichenostomus versicolor

[edit] Identification

Plain grey-brown upperbody, black streak through the eye from the bill to the neck, yellow streak below the eye grading into a white throat, white-grey underbody streaked dark grey-brown, small, inconspicuous white ear-tuft, yellow ear coverts, black bill, dark brown eye. Young birds are similar to adults, with a lighter forehead and crown and a narrower, duller face marking.

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open shrublands and low woodlands, swamps, creeks, drainage channels, urban parks, gardens and farmyards. parti

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar, insects and fruit.

They are monogamous. An open cup-nest is built from matted grasses and lined with roots, wool or other mammal hairs. The female incubates the eggs alone but both adults feed the young. This species is parasitised by the Pallid Cuckoo.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID