Australian Honeyeater for ID, Broken River in Eungella NP, QLD (1 Viewer)

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purpleimages

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• Feb 12, 2018

• #1

I’ve been trying to ID the bird in attached photos, possibly female or immature scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Photographed on 23rd Oct 2017. A dusky honeyeater and an eastern spline were feeding in the same area. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

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mjh73

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• Feb 16, 2018

• #2

Hmmm.
The bare skin around the eye makes me think immature Brown Honeyeater.
Doesn't look quite right though :-/

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purpleimages

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• Feb 16, 2018

• #3

Thanks for responding: female brown was my first thought, but I ruled this out because no pale-yellow tuft behind eye and lack yellow/olive colouring. Although Juv/Imm has small or no yellow-tuft I also ruled this out because the lack of yellow on under-body and bill colour. Ssp nupta although ‘out-of-range’ is a better fit as it is darker, lacks yellow tuft and has larger ring of bare skin around eye, but lacks yellow colouring so can’t be right.

mjh73 said:

Hmmm.
The bare skin around the eye makes me think immature Brown Honeyeater.
Doesn't look quite right though :-/

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mjh73

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• Feb 16, 2018

• #4

I'll see what the brains trust on Aussie bird ID comes up with.

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ZootheraMike

Traprock Birding

• Feb 17, 2018

• #5

I'd go with immature/juvenile Brown Honeyeater on this one. There is the slightest hint of the yellow tuft, at least I believe there is. It doesn't look quite delicate enough for a scarlet honeyeater/Myzomela and the bill doesn't look long or fine enough. Neither does the bird look delicate enough overall.

Do you happen to recall anything regarding the size? The Scarlet Myzomela is almost half the size of the Brown Honeyeater.

 

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purpleimages

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• Feb 18, 2018

• #6

Thanks, regarding size I don’t recall. However, the image for ID was taken with a focal length of 200mm at a subject distance of 2.1m, the calculated bird size is about 12cm.
For comparison I’ve attached an image of a dusky honeyeater, taken one minute later, with the same 200mm focal length but at a subject distance of 3.5m, the calculated size is about 11cm. I’ve scaled (magnified) the dusky honeyeater image to allow direct visual comparison of size.
From size viewpoint it’s most probable that it is an immature/juvenile brown.

 

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