Graceful Honeyeater

Microptilotis gracilis

Research Station, Iron Range NP, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_0809 20220828

Notes: Small, slim olive honeyeater. Long, slim, downcurved bill. Gape line deeper yellow than
round ear-patch, narrow line of pale feathers under eye. Iris brown. Off-white belly & undertail
coverts. Voice: several complex songs & calls, including a repeated "tick". Cf larger Yellow-spotted
 and Cryptic Honeyeater which is darker, has a wedge-shaped ear-patch & simple "tick" call. In
moist rainforests on Cape York Peninsular S to Princess Charlotte Bay. Resident. Rare above 400m.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified) — in moist forests N of Marina Plains.