White-cheeked Honeyeater

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Jim Weir Road, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_0457 20201027 - niger

Notes: Similar to New Holland Honeyeater but w. only one large fan-shaped white patch on side
of face, dark iris & wholly black chin & throat; lacks white 'beard'. Ssp gouldii white cheek patch
is differently shaped, narrowing towards rear, & extending almost to hindneck, cf nominate niger.
Juvenile duller, browner; gape yellow, bill brownish. Mostly in dense heath, swampy eucalypt
woodlands in coastal lowlands. In N Qld confined to high altitudes. Gregarious, noisy, conspicuous.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©(modified)

Tinaroo Falls @ Dam, FN Qld IMG_0102 20190414 - niger

Birthday Creek, Paluma, FN Qld IMG_9510 20220222 - niger

Mt Hypipamee NP, Tableland, FNE Qld IMG_0797 20251106 - niger CLICK for anothe view.

Teewah Pump Station Road, SE Qld MVI_5460 20190712 - niger juvenile

Springvale Road, Wondecla, FNE Qld MVI_5113 20221022 - niger juvenile

Lesueur NP, SW WA IMG_7021 20181011 - gouldii adult. CLICK for a pic of juvenile: upperparts much duller
greyish-brown to blackish-brown, gape yellow & swollen.

Cheynes Beach, Albany, SW WA IMG_1092 20160709 - gouldii (young) adult. CLICK for another pic.

Old Bar, NE NSW MVI_1425 20190622 - niger

Teewah Pump Station Road, SE Qld MVI_5285 20190712 - niger