Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Ptilotula ornata
Lake Gilles Conservation Park, SE SA IMG_4836 20181130 - breeding plumage
Notes: Underbody heavily streaked; bold yellow neck
plume that ends in pointed tuft. Adult in
breeding plumage
has an entirely black bill, gape & eye-ring whereas juvenile
& nonbreeding
adult have a yellow base to the bill &
eye-ring. Juveniles lack breast streaking. Common, noisy
in dry
woodlands across drier parts of southern Australia.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©
Gluepot Reserve, SE SA IMG_7524 20210404 - breeding plumage
Nowingi/Konardin Tracks, Hatta-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_2733 20190511 - breeding plumage
Stirling Range Retreat, SW WA IMG_0460 20181028 - breeding. CLICK for another pic on 20181026.
Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_2439 20190510
Gluepot Reserve, E SA IMG_1235 20230601 - CLICK for another pic.
Konardin Track, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_8492 20210411 - breeding plumage. CLICK for one in non-breeding plumage.
Stirling Range Retreat, SW WA IMG_9920 20181026 - juvenile: duller, browner; indistinct plume, base of bill & gape orange-yellow.
Konardin Track, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_8516 20210411 - two juveniles on right, and an adult.
Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic MVI_2423 20190510
Mt Crozier Track, Pink Lakes, W Vic MVI_3539 20190516
Ngarkat Conservation Reserve, SE SA IMG_7404 20210404