The Birdlife Photography site has some images of the the New Holland
Honeyeater subspecies from WA. The images show birds which lack one of
the three areas of white on the head that the birds in the ACT show. The
result is a bird that looks unfamiliar to people who live on the
incorrect side of the Nullabor.
Click on: http://birdlifephotography.org.au/index.php
Click on 'all photos'
In the search options enter (one at a time) the following ID numbers for
images of two WA birds: ID 22257 and ID 18574
regards
Con
On 10/3/2016 11:09 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
> Well that leads to whether it is an odd New Holland Honeyeater or an odd
> White-cheeked Honeyeater but looking at the mix of features, especially the
> white on the tips of the tail feathers, which is a feature of New Holland
> Honeyeater when most other features look somewhat more like the other one,
> sure strongly suggests it is indeed a hybrid, especially given the situation
> of that one isolated White-cheeked Honeyeater was in the company of a common
> population of New Holland Honeyeaters. Should get an article in CBN.
>
> Philip
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> shorty
> Sent: Monday, 3 October, 2016 5:49 AM
> To: Iain Campbell
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] New Holland X White-cheeked Honeyeater
>
> Adding a photo that shows some white on the tips of the tail feathers,
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Iain Campbell <>
> wrote:
>
>> I have not seen a White-cheeked that looks like this. If the hybrid
>> gets named, it should the the Rajasthani Honeyeater.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 4:14 AM, shorty <> wrote:
>>
>>> G'day all,
>>>
>>> We have had a White-cheeked Honeyeater in Canberra since last year,
>>> however last week i spotted a strange bird that resembles a W-c but
>>> not quite right. Could this bird be a hybrid of W-c and New Holland ?
>>>
>>> Shorty
>
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