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Yellow-spotted or Graceful Honeyeater?

To: David James <>, Birding Aus <>
Subject: Yellow-spotted or Graceful Honeyeater?
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:14:02 -0700 (PDT)
Hi David,

I see your and Lloyds reasoning for the two-bird theory. However, the two 
pictures were taken a few minutes apart from each other, and to my memory Jeff 
said he had never seen more than one bird at a time. So, I am not sure if the 
differences seen in the two pictures are really species-related or rather 
photography-related (funny angle, different light, frozen snapshot that may or 
may not show the typical posture...). We all agree that the second picture 
shows a Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. I can only see one bird pictured, not two: 
If you look carefully at the details such as the exact shape of uneven areas in 
the naked skin of the gape as well as the detailed shape of the ear patch, they 
appear identical in both pictures. There is also no obvious difference in bill 
shape between the two pictures, although this is hard to tell because the bill 
is open in the first picture. I also don't see a difference in the intensity of 
stripes on the underparts.

Cheers,

Nikolas
 
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Nikolas Haass

Brisbane, QLD


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From: David James <>
To: Birding Aus <> 
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:02 PM
Subject: Yellow-spotted or Graceful Honeyeater?
 

Nikolas has sent me the other photo and I agree with Lloyd. The first is a 
Graceful and the second is a Yellow-spotted. It would be worth putting the 
second photo on the blog so everyone can see. The characters I mentioned in my 
first post should highlight the main differences between the two birds

Cheers,
David James
Sydney
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