White-cheeked Honeyeaters - Fwd: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for Australian Capital Territory <daily>

["David McDonald (personal)" <>]

So far as I know, the reports here of White-cheeked Honeyeaters are the first for the ACT.

I trust that an Unusual Bird report form will be submitted to the Rarities Panel so that the species can go onto the ACT bird list.

David

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Subject:	[eBird Alert] Needs Alert for Australian Capital Territory <daily>
Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2015 02:18:06 -0500 (EST)
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*** Species Summary:

- Black Kite (1 report)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (2 reports)

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Black Kite (Milvus migrans) (1)
- Reported Dec 12, 2015 15:17 by Peter Milburn
- Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.31596,149.1615&ll=-35.31596,149.1615
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26259063
- Comments: "Kite with dark plumage in afternoon light. Forked tail, which at times appeared Square, drooped wings with prominent fingers, pale face."

White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger) (1)
- Reported Dec 13, 2015 08:58 by Peter Milburn
- Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.31596,149.1615&ll=-35.31596,149.1615
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26261358
- Comments: "Phylidonyris honeyeater observed to fly from thick melaleuca scrub into a flowering Eucalyptus leucoxylon. Bill long and black, decurved at tip. Iris dark brown. White supercilium extending from white lores over a black eye patch to the nape. Large white cheek patch on sides of otherwise black head. Throat and malar region entirely black. Black gorget across upperbreast and heavy black steaks on white underparts. Upper parts dark grey with some streaking. Large yellow panel in black wings comprised by yellow fringes to secondaries. No white tail tip. No vocalisation heard."

White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger) (1)
- Reported Dec 10, 2015 07:25 by Brian Deans
- Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.31596,149.1615&ll=-35.31596,149.1615
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26225963
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Observed in tree near car park off Dairy Rd."

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