BirdUp · Species
Striped Honeyeater
Plectorhyncha lanceolataGould, 1838
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Plectorhyncha
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The striped honeyeater is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, found in Australia. It is a medium-sized honeyeater, about 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Both sexes are a light greyish brown with dark brown centres to the feathers, which give the appearance of stripes. The stripes are particularly distinct on the head and back of the neck. While it is found mainly in inland eastern Australia where it inhabits the drier open forest, it is also found in coastal swamp forest from southeast Queensland to the central coast of New South Wales.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North-central QLD to south-east SA and south-central NSW (east and south-east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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