Varied Honeyeater

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Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_8778 20240622 - CLICK for one on 20210523 on foreshore.

Notes: Medium-sized honeyeater. Olive-green above; underparts mid-yellow w. grey streaking.
Black bill, clear yellow throat, black patch over the grey-brown eye, grey behind. Much yellower
than Mangrove Honeyeater. Gregarious in groups, in which it is usually quite noisy. Typically
found in mangroves & adjacent coastal habitats.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©(modified)

Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5234 20230805 - CLICK for bird in Coconut Grove in heavy moult: 20220126.

Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_3970 20231112 - two in garden. CLICK for one 'anting': 20190826.

Foreshore, Elim Beach, Cook, CYP, FN Qld IMG_8534 20201006

Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5321 20240427 - after a bath. CLICK for video of drying off with a friend.

Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_4167 20240818. Juvenile being fed by adult. CLICK for video of the action.

Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_1758 20210514 - CLICK for another 20180424.

Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9877 20210514 - w. gecko prey. CLICK for video of progress.

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_8905 20240624 - CLICK for closeup of shells in bill.

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2266 20191028 - adult feeding chicks in nest. CLICK for adult feeding two juveniles,
20240729.

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2976 20191031 - juveniles: gape yellow & puffy. CLICK for video of them.

Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_2440 20201125

Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_6977 20200413

Nautilus Building, Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_9750+9751 20190801