Pied Honeyeater

The Pied Honeyeater is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

The Pied Honeyeater is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

other honeyeaters such as the Pied Honeyeater and woodswallows e.g. White-browed Woodswallows, Artamus superciliosus. Black Honeyeaters, particularly females, have often been recorded eating charcoal and ash from old camp-fires. Breeding Breeding pairs of Black Honeyeaters will nest in groups or loose colonies, with males aggressively defending a small breeding territory against members of their own species as well as other honeyeaters (e.g. Singing and Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters) or Crimson Chats. More

The Pied Honeyeater is a medium-sized honeyeater with a long curved bill and a small pale-blue patch of bare skin below the eye. Males are black and white, having a black head, neck and upper parts, a white lower rump and upper tail, black wings with a white stripe, and white underparts with a black tipped tail. Females are brown above, with a grey-white chin and throat grading into a whitish breast streaked and spotted dark-brown, with the rest of the underparts white. More

Photo of pair of Pied Honeyeaters coming in to drink. Location Bowra Southwestern Queensland Australia Size of original (pixels) Width: 2200 Height: 1650 Photographic data Date: 6/11/08 12:32:24 PM Aperture: f9.0 Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec Focal Length: 390.0 mm pied_honeyeater_82612.jpg © Ian Montgomery; please contact: ian@birdway.com. More

The Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Certhionyx variegatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Stub icon This article about a honeyeater is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

Chat, Black Honeyeater and Pied Honeyeater as well as lots of Pallid Cuckoos, White-winged Trillers and Red-backed Kingfishers. More

The male Pied Honeyeater is a distinctive small, black and white honeyeater with white wing-bar, rump and tail-panels, and a bluish-grey wattle below the eye. The female is greyish-brown, with a strong pattern of pale edging to feathers on the wing. Location and habitat - Distribution Widespread throughout acacia, mallee and spinifex scrubs of arid and semi-arid Australia. More

Pied Honeyeater - Central West: Distribution and vegetation associations in the Central West = Scientific name: Certhionyx variegatus Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable Distribution of the species within this region The Pied Honeyeater is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Central West Catchment Management Region: CMA sub-region Known or predicted to occur Geographic restrictions within region Bogan-Macquarie More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Meliphagidae
Genus : Certhionyx
Species : variegatus
Authority : Lesson, 1830