Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

Lichenostomus melanops

Suggan Buggan, E Vic IMG_6213 20190312 - gippslandicus CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Bright yellow & black & olive colours; pointed projecting ear-tufts. Ssp meltoni smaller than
nominate melanops. Ssp cassidix (the "Helmeted Honeyeater") largest, darkest; very similar to
ssp gippslandicus except that the forehead tuft of feathers is more conspicuous, forming richer
yellower crest. In dry open sclerophyll forests & eucalypt woodlands w. shrubby undergrowth.
Ssp cassidix in dense riverine vegetation w. mixed dense understory, restricted to Yellingbo.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)