Painted Honeyeater

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_4528 20211102 - male: note black mask, pink bill. White spot on ear coverts,
white under, yellow patches on wings. This one is clean white under.

Notes: Smallish. Male black above, white w. a few stray black streaks or spots below; bright pink
bill; extensive yellow patches in wing & short square-cut tail. Female similar but brown above.
Call a loud, repeated two-note "sue-see sue-see sue-see". Usually near mistletoe in open forests
or woodlands of acacia or casuarina.

Range from Lynx Edicions/BirdLife International^©

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_4530 20211102 - female collecting cobwebs. Same features as male but brown
head. This one has lots of black streaks below.

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_3921 20211101 - male: black head. CLICK for another pic.

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_3978 20211101 - female. Note square-cut tail.

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_4542 20211102 - female. CLICK for another pic.

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_4592 20211102 - male

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_3933+4588 20211101 - likely female: brownish tinge to head, back.

Mt Korong Conservation Reserve, NC Vic IMG_4555 20211102 - x 0.1 speed. Likely male: black head, back.