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Photo © by jimmclean
Sydney, Australia

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

Juveniles
Photo © by David M Sargeant
Marcoola on the Sunshine Coast. Queensland, Australia

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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References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
NSW.gov.aus
Higgins, P., Christidis, L. & Ford, H. (2019). Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/60318 on 17 December 2019).
Vickers, J. A. T. (2017) Demographic shifts in Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) populations following removal, BEnviSc Hons, School of Earth & Environmental Science, University of Wollongong. https://ro.uow.edu.au/thsci/145

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Noisy Miner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Noisy_Miner

External Links

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+#Vickers, J. A. T. (2017) Demographic shifts in Noisy Miner (''Manorina melanocephala'') populations following removal, BEnviSc Hons, School of Earth & Environmental Science, University of Wollongong. https://ro.uow.edu.au/thsci/145
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