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Crescent Honeyeater

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

Photo by Aonach_Eagach
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Field Notes

Description:

This bird was flying around on it's own, not too far from the Superb Fairy Wrens

Habitat:

light woodland area within a eucalyptus forest

Notes:

The Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to eastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the genus Phylidonyris, it is most closely related to the common New Holland Honeyeater (P. novaehollandiae) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6364577

Species ID Suggestions

Crescent Honeyeater

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

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Comments (6)
lori.tas
Always a red-letter day when you get a slime mould.
Aonach_Eagach
I did get the slime mould, which I was pleased about
lori.tas
At least you got birds, all I got was bugs.
lori.tas
Well you make it easy on me when you post species found in Tasmania. Again, just saw my first crescent of the season this last week.

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