Can anyone help out there with this honeyeater

[Francis Crome <>]

I also thought Little Shrike thrush at first but the bill is far too fine and 
the lower mandible in LST is pale.   It actually looks like one of the rufous 
forms of the New Guinea Pycnopygius ixoides (Plain Honeyeater) but ho hum!

Cheers

Francis Crome

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> On 17 Dec 2017, at 3:18 pm, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
>
> I wonder why would you call these "rather poor photos". I am curious as to
> why it would be a honeyeater. I can't pick it as any honeyeater and
> certainly not a Brown Honeyeater. The beak is notably long, although I think
> too straight for any honeyeater. My immediate reaction (although I don't
> know it well) and it is close to what books show, is Little Shrike-thrush
> but looks slim build and the location, unless I am misinterpreting the place
> is quite south of where the maps show. The colour fits Pilotbird, though the
> shape does not appear to match.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
> David Jackson
> Sent: Saturday, 16 December, 2017 5:41 PM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Can anyone help out there with this honeyeater
>
> Hi all, I was itting quietly in the Blue Mountains National Park at Pierces
> Pass Picnic Area minding my own business  when I snapped several photos of
> this honeyeater, circa 18 cm in length. What hit me was its very coppery
> brown colour. I thought it might be a Brown Honeyeater but cannot see any
> yellow behind its eye and it seems more "rufously" than the Brown (in my
> VERY limited experience). Any ideas from these rather poor photos? A female
> something?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> David Jackson
>
> Blackheath
>
>
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