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Photo by Neil
photo taken in Sydney, Australia in June 2004

Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

[edit] Identification

Black and white, large yellow wing patch, yellow sides on the tail, small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. Sexes are similar, females slightly smaller. Young birds are browner and have a grey eye.

[edit] Distribution

Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Low scrub, swamps, heath, woodlands particularly where banksias are common.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes mainly nectar but also fruit, insects and spiders.

Its cup-shaped nest is made of bark and grasses, bound together with spider web, lined with soft material and is placed in a bush or tree. Both sexes feed the chicks. A pair of adults may raise two or three broods in a year.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID