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Striped Honeyeater
Plectorhyncha lanceolataGould, 1838
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Plectorhyncha
At a glance
The Striped Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 22–24 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 22–24 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Striped Honeyeater look like?
The Striped Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 22–24 cm long and weighing 33–48 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Striped Honeyeater?
The Striped Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Striped Honeyeater eat?
The Striped Honeyeater feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen, seeds and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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