Black Chinned Honey Eater variants

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Subject:	Black Chinned Honey Eater variants
From:	"qqsr" <>
Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:55:06 +1000

All the field guides I have seen show 2 principal variations of this bird--
the first with the duller coloured back and blue facial skin patch and the 
second, more northern bird, with a bright golden back and the facial skin 
patch a greeny-yellow.

Just for the record, I saw a flock of BCHEs (about 7) in trees at the caravan 
park at Heavitree Gap (Alice Springs) on Friday Sept 12th. These were the 
golden backed form (very bright) and all had bright blue facial skin.

Stephen Mugford

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