Re: Black and Peid HE's

Hi All, 

I went up to Goschen last weekend (who isn't?) to see
the Black Honeyeaters.  

There was still plenty around, along with budgies, cockatiels,
crimson chats and whitebrowed and masked woodswallows.

A friend asked an interesting question:   

"Its funny how both Pied and Black Honeyeaters are
common to arid areas, when both birds plumage is prodominantly black and
would attract the heat." 

Can anyone elaborate on the reason why a  bird would
evolve with black plumage in arid areas? 

Is the Black and Pied Honeyeaters migration patterns influenced
by the heat?

Cheers, 

Peter