Banded Honeyeater
Cissomela pectoralis
Springvale Road, Wondecla, FNE Qld IMG_5022 20221022 - breeding adult. CLICK for another.
Notes: Small. Adult breeding: black above, white below w. neat
white cheeks & black breast
band; unique white 'armpits'. Nonbreeding adult: brownish
back; yellow gape, base of bill.
Immature: yellow cheeks, gape & brown
upperparts. Juvenile brown tones, yellow on face,
diffuse breast band. Nectar feeder.
Found in drier woodlands of northern tropical Australia
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Catfish Waterhole, Lakefield NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_8233 20201004 - adult breeding: black back & bill.
Drysdale River Station, Kalumburu Rd, NE WA IMG_8365 20180818 - adult non-breeding: brownish back, yellow gape & base of bill.
Elizabeth Creek W of Mount Surprise, N Qld IMG_0094 20160903 - adult non-breeding
Gunlom, Kakadu NP, NE NT IMG_2526 20180723 young adult non-breeding: brownish cap, black back, yellow gape.CLICK for an immature.
Drysdale River Station, Kalumburu Rd, NE WA IMG_9241 20180824 - adult breeding. Black cap, narrow black breast-band,white underwing coverts unique among honeyeaters.
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7375 20180814 - juvenile. CLICK for another view.
Catfish Waterhole, Lakefield NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_8224+8223 20201004 - immature x 2
Drysdale River Station, Kalumburu Rd, NE WA MVI_9254+9273+9276 20180824 - adult