PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Myzomela sanguinolenta  

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Inskip Point, QLD (Mar, 2010)

We were sitting on the beach in the shade of a mangrove tree and in the space of an hour watched in excess of 100 scarlet honeyeaters fly by all headed in a southerly direction. Either that or the same few were flying an undetected loop.

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Scarlet Honeyeater

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Scarlet Honeyeater

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Scarlet Honeyeater

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Scarlet Honeyeater