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Scarlet Honeyeater
Myzomela sanguinolenta
-29.6912, 152.934
Field Notes
Description:
One of the smallest Australian Honeyeater species, male has brilliant crimson red head, back and down chest graduating to flecks and then white underbody, wings black with white streaked edges, female dull grey, brown, lighter belly with some faint flecks of washed out pink. often seen only as a single bird or in pairs, but does congregate in small flocks at certain times of the year. bills are curved and long, shiny black.
Habitat:
East coast to eastern mountain range, woodland forest and river banks, particularly found on nectar producing native plants such as Callistemons, and enjoys red varieties best. These birds are also found on some east coast off shore islands and islands further afield.
Notes:
Fast, small bird, seen all year round, but more common in larger groups during high flowering season of Callistemons in this area around Autumn/early winter, just before breeding season begins, and occassionally in spring when blossoms are abundant.
Able to get very close to them on a certain bottlebrush shrub as each season they become more used to a human with a camera.
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