Mystery bird

["Peter Ewin" <>]

Have to disagree with you Tim. As soon as I saw the picture I thought 
Banded, due to the shape of the bill. This is much to short for any 
Lichenostomus. The spot is dark, but to quote HANZAB the juvenile plumage 
has "light-yellow patch covering most of ear-coverts, and small and diffuse 
grey-black spot on lower rear ear-coverts." The wings are darker than the 
juvenile pictured, but could have moulted first into immature plumage. I 
believe the rump is probably white, but is covered by the primaries.
Though as I say the shape of the bird was my first clue.
Cheers,
Peter

> From: "Tim Murphy" <>
> To: "Peter Ewin" <>
> Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] Mystery bird
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:43:56 +1000
>
> I have been arguing on the Birds Queensland Forum that an immature banded
> Honeyeater would not have the black smudge in the centre of the yellow, it
> should also show some white around the rump as it has a white rump, 
> although
> that might be the way its wings are held - every illustration shows some
> white on the rump and there is none in the photo.. Most illustrations of
> immature Banded Honeyeater
>
> A Yellow-tinted Honeyeater, which is a common bird in the Kimberly's, does
> have the black mark in the centre of the yellow. - I stand by that.
>
> I have looked at old Pizza, Pizzey and Knight,  Slater (new and old), and
> the Reader Digest. Interestingly, this photo is exactly like the picture of
> Yellow-tinted in the old Pizzey - but then the illustrations in that were
> always terrible. Slater shows a faint wash of yellow for the imm Banded, 
> and
> a very yellow bird indeed for the Yellow-tinted as does Birds Of New 
> Guinea.
> I considered Grey-fronted but the head colour is wrong.
>
> Perhaps, at end of day, we can say that we don't know.
>
> Tim Murphy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  Behalf Of Peter Ewin
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2005 5:40 PM
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> Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] Mystery bird
>
>
> I had a look at this photo on ABID yesterday and agree with John Leonard on
> imm Banded Honeyeater (though it could be a juvenile can never remember the
> order). The picture in Pizzey and Knight is very similar.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> >From: "Mike Carter" <>
> >To: "BIRDING-AUS" <>
> >CC: "George & Lindsey Swann of Kimberley Birdwatching"
> ><>,"Tom Tarrant" <>,"Brian J 
> Coates"
> ><>,"Don and Llane Hadden" 
> <>
> >Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Mystery bird
> >Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:42:28 +1000
> >
> >
> >Another bird for you to test your ID skills on. See
> >
> >http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=63&bid=15
> 3
> >2
> >
> >It was photographed by Don Hadden in the Kimberley last Friday, 29 April.
> >All he saw is what the picture shows, a very distinctive bird. He 
> couldn't
> >ID it so the misguided fellow sent it to me believing I would. But I
> >couldn't. I also was totally perplexed. But others cleverer than I nutted
> >it
> >out. Can you?
> >
> >Mike Carter
> >30 Canadian Bay Road
> >Mt Eliza    VIC     3930
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