PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Plectorhyncha lanceolata  

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)
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© Geoff Walker 2012
Gatton, QLD (Sep, 2012)

Striped Honeyeaters, although not brightly coloured, are beautifully marked honeyeaters. This one was in a roadside tree next to a lagoon.

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater at nest

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater removing chick's faecal sac

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Striped Honeyeater