Black-chinned Honeyeater

[martin butterfield <>]

The question has been asked (but not yet answered - I guess Pete has enough of a life not to spend his day playing with his computer)!.

Martin

On 17 January 2013 11:54, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

Bander or non bander, I wonder why it was identified as a juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater, unless of course it was being fed by an adult Black-chinned Honeyeater (which would shift the probabilities and so I wonder has someone asked "Pete" if that was the case). Just from one photo, I agree with the others and believe it is an adult Brown-headed Honeyeater. In order for these messages to be useful, I wonder has someone pointed this out this likely wrong ID to "Pete" (or will do so).

 

Beyond that, there is nothing overly odd about having birds wrongly identified on websites.  The book Birds of Prey of Australia by Stephen Debus specifically mentions this as a cautionary item and I have found one much bigger ID error than this on the COG photo gallery website.

 

Philip

-----Original Message-----From: Denis Wilson [ Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2013 9:00 AM      To: Mark Clayton
Cc:       Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Black-chinned Honeyeater

I support Brown-headed HE.
I also note the reporter refers to himself as a "fledgling birder from Melbourne", so we ought not be too harsh on him.

Denis WIlson

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Mark Clayton <> wrote:

Thanks to Martin for bringing this “record” to our notice. Having looked at the photograph in the blog it is obvious the bird is an adult Brown-headed Honeyeater and not a juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater. Martin’s initial reaction was also Brown-headed Honeyeater. Any of the other banders care to comment?

Mark 

Thanks to Martin for bringing this “record” to our notice. Having looked at the photograph in the blog it is obvious the bird is an adult Brown-headed Honeyeater and not a juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater. Martin’s initial reaction was also Brown-headed Honeyeater. Any of the other banders care to comment?

 

Mark 

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