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Noisy Miner

Manorina melanocephala

Photo by DarrenC
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Description:

The Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae and is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia. This miner is a grey bird, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye and white tips on the tail feathers.

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Comments (10)
DarrenC
Thank you Reza and Lauren
Neil Ross
LOL Your right, Mark. What's going on?!!! Miners! This is a truly beautiful photo, Darren. Well done on a great capture of these rascally little imps :-)
Mark Ridgway
Oh no.. Neil won't like this. I can hear the racket from here. Fabulous shot. (Noisy miner - Manorina melanocephala )

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