Kadavu Honeyeater

Alternative names: Kandavu Honeyeater; Provocator Honeyeater; Yellow-faced Honeyeater; Yellow-faced Xanthotis

Xanthotis provocator

Identification

16 - 21 cm. A medium-sized, drab honeyeater.

• Pale yellowish to golden-yellow area around the eye
• Blackish malar stripe under yellow area and blackish area around lores
• Olive-grey rest of head
• Drab olive-grey upperparts with some fine white streaking on mantle, back and scapulars
• Paler olive-grey underparts, broadly streaked white, merging into whitish vent
• Black bill, moderately long and gently decurved

Sexes similar, male larger than female. Juveniles similar but strongly tinged yellowish-olive.

Distribution

Endemic to the island of Kadavu, Fiji.
A restricted-range species, very common in its tiny range.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Found in a wide range of habitats like lowland forest, montane forest, secondary forest, coastal scrub and mangroves and agricultural land. Also in settlements and urban habitat.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on nectar, insects and spiders.

Breeding

Not well known. Breeding recorded in May and September. The nest is a fragile cup made of rootlets and fine grasses, lined with soft material. Lays one egg.

Movements

Presumably a sedentary species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Kadavu Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Kadavu_Honeyeater

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