PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Meliphaga gracilis  

Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)
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© Geoff Walker 2009
Julatten, QLD (Sep, 2009)

The territory of the graceful and yellow-spotted honeyeater overlap. The main identifier points were the call of the bird and greater curve on the bill of the graceful honeyeater.

The call of this bird was a sharp abrupt musical "tchip" repeated at intervals of several seconds.

Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)

Graceful Honeyeater

Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)

Graceful Honeyeater

Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)

Graceful Honeyeater