White-quilled Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis albipennis ‡
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5570 20180804 - adult. CLICK for another pic.
Notes: Large, robust. Brilliant blue bare patch around eye
in adult, yellow-green in juvenile.
Iris yellow or cream. Longer bill
than nominate Blue-faced
Honeyeater. Underwing-coverts & base
of primaries white,
cf cinnamon-pink for BfH. Sedentary in noisy flocks. Inhabits rainforest
patches, pandanus, mangroves. Forages on trunk & bark of trees, on
ground, hawks flying insects.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
