- Manorina melanophrys
Identification
18cm
- Olive-green
- Red-orange bare eye patch
- Orange-yellow feet and legs
- Short, down-curved, bright yellow bill
- Squared off tail
Sexes are similar
Young birds are duller and browner, with a paler eye patch.
Distribution
Coastal eastern Australia (south-eastern Queensland to southern Victoria)
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Habitat
Temperate rainforest and woodland, usually damp with a dense understorey, suburbs and gardens. Coastal forests and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, larva gleaned from leaves, especially eucalypt and nectar.
Breeding
The 1-3 eggs are incubated for 15 days; the young fledge after a further 15 days.
Vocalisation
Call: a repetitious tink, tink.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birds in Backyards
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bell Miner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bell_Miner
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
