- Manorina melanocephala
Identification
24–28 cm (9½-11 in)
- Grey body
- Black crown and cheeks
- Yellow bill, legs and bare skin behind the eye
Distribution
Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are four subspecies.1
- M. m. titaniota
- Interior of southern Cape York Peninsula, northeastern Queensland
- M. m. lepidota
- Eastern Australia
- M. m. melanocephala
- Southeastern Australia
- M. m. leachi
- Eastern Tasmania
Habitat
Woodlands and open forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of invertebrates and nectar, with the addition of seeds and fruit. Occasionally they will also eat small reptiles and frogs.
Breeding
The female constructs the nest and incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes will care for and feed the young birds. Additional 'helpers' usually also feed the young. These helpers are almost always male birds.
Gallery
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ssp. melanocephala
Photo by colonelboris
Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia, September 2009
Photo by David M Sargeant
Marcoola on the Sunshine Coast. Queensland, Australia
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- NSW.gov.aus
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Noisy Miner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Noisy_Miner
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