Hi Graeme,
After Jeff C. has provided us with another photo, some of us had a further
off-line discussion. The second photo looks like a straight forward
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater to all of us. The two pictures were taken a few
minutes apart from each other, and Jeff said he had never seen more than one
bird at a time. Lloyd and I had different opinions. I think that both pictures
were of the same bird and hence the ID (based on the second picture) would be
Yellow-spotted HE. Lloyd thinks that the pictures showed two different birds,
the first one being a Graceful HE and the second being a Yellow-spotted HE.
Best wishes,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Brisbane, QLD
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From: Graeme Chapman <>
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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:49 AM
Subject: Graceful or Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Hello Jeff,
This is not an easy one but I agree with Lloyd, its a young Graceful, at least
based on this photograph but photographs don't always show clearly the salient
features. The bill would have been better closed and not stuffed full of food!
The long, relatively STRAIGHT bill and crescent-shaped mark under the eye
(extension of the gape) are the key points to me.
Yellow-spotteds in general have a shorter, more curved bill and the feathered
extension to the gape is fairly straight, not crescent-shaped and, as Jeff
Davies said, more pronounced.
However all this is based on my photographs and I wouldn't bet money on it. I'd
rather hear them call - the Yellow-spotted is unmistakeable.
Cheers
Graeme
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