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Australian Mynah or Noisy Miner

Manorina melanocephala

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae and is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia.

This one was hopping around an outdoor restaurant looking for food, and aggressively chased off any other birds.

Notes:

Noisy miners are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally, forming colonies that can contain several hundred birds. Each bird has an 'activity space' and birds with overlapping activity spaces form associations called 'coteries', the most stable units within the colony.

It is a notably aggressive bird, and chasing, pecking, fighting, scolding, and mobbing occur throughout the day, targeted at both intruders and colony members.

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