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

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Noisy Noisy Miner