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- Grantiella picta
Identification
16 cm. Black head and back and white underparts with dark streaks on the flanks. The tail and wings are black with bright yellow edgings. The bill is pink with a dark tip. The female is greyer on the upperparts and has less streaking on the flanks.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dry open forests and woodlands, and is strongly associated with mistletoe. It may also be found along rivers, on plains with scattered trees and on farmland with remnant vegetation. It has been seen in urban parks and gardens where large eucalypts are available
Behaviour
Its diet is particularly of the fruits of mistletoes growing on woodland eucalypts and acacias. Insects and nectar from mistletoe or eucalypts are occasionally eaten.
It builds a small nest hanging within the outer canopy of drooping eucalypts, she-oak, paperbark or mistletoe branches. The eggs and young are tended by both sexes, and fledglings may be fed for some time before they disperse. Two broods may be raised in the same breeding season. Eggs are sometimes taken by Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters.
