Pied Honeyeater

Certhionyx variegatus

Uluru, NT IMG_8947 20160614 - male. CLICK for another view.

Notes: Strongly downcurved bill. Male black w. sharp cutoff to white belly; white rump & tail
panels; patch of blue skin beneath eye. Female & juvenile plain brown, w. folded wing dark brown,
broad white patch on central greater secondary coverts joining narrow white strip on secondaries;
faint speckles on chest. Juvenile darker tones than adult female. Voice: slow mournful whistle.
Cf smaller Black Honeyeater. Inhabits arid, semi-arid open woodlands & shrublands. Nomadic.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart©