PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Manorina melanocephala  

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, QLD (May, 2009)

I'm not saying what the Noisy Miner's Latin species name, melanocephala, translates to in English.

Suffice it to say that in my teenage years, someone creating a species name for me might have aptly come up with Viso melanocephala.

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner feeding chick

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

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Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Immature Noisy Miners waiting to be fed

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner bringing food to immatures

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Playing dead

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Noisy Miner