Happy New Year, everyone. I've finally identified the "little green birds" that
have invaded my street (Altona, Vic) in the last few weeks - White-plumed
Honeyeaters. It took a while before I was able to see that they had a white
neck plume at all, let alone a black line above it. The books make these look
obvious, but I find they often almost disappear unless the bird's head is
straight.
Anyway, I was thinking White-plumed Honeyeater was the only possibility, except
that the calls I'm hearing don't match what the books describe at all. I'm
hearing tsip (pause) tsip all day as they feed, and kikikikiki at dusk.
Simpson & Day says chick-owee and chick-abiddy. Slater says chee-uck-oo-wee and
chick-wist chick-wist. The latter also says ti ti ti is an alarm call, but my
kikikikiki doesn't sound like an alarm call.
I know these descriptions can easily be interpreted in different ways, but what
I'm hearing is very different. Has anyone else heard these different calls?
Peter Shute
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