Black-chinned Honeyeater

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

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

The Black-chinned Honeyeater is found on mainland Australia from the Gulf Country of Queensland south to Cloncurry and is widespread in central and eastern Queensland. It is rarely found east of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, although it is found regularly in the Richmond River district south to Grafton and at scattered sites in the Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Illawarra. More

Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis More

The Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests. References - * BirdLife International 2005. Melithreptus gularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

Black-chinned Honeyeaters along with all the other members of the genus Melithreptus are sociable species, that is they live in family groups and quite frequently they sing together. In sample 141-244 there is just one bird singing. 580 Black-chinned Honeyeater 141-244 Return to previous page Home | Biography | Equipment | Photo library | Contact Copyright More

The following is a photograph of a Black-chinned Honeyeater banded at Broome in September 1992. This is the 'Golden-backed' race that occurs in northern Australia. They occur in many parts of the Kimberley especially where there are eucalypt trees, but they can be difficult to find. I have seen them nesting in a eucalypt tree in a garden in Broome. Their nest hangs down from the foliage. More

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis laetior) 00:13 - 3 years ago Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis laetior) Filmed at Carpet Springs, SW Qld Apr 1999 using Canon EX1 Hi8 & Sigma 400mm lens. Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis laetior) Filmed at Carpet Springs, SW Qld Apr 1999 using Canon EX1 Hi8 & Sigma 400mm lens.all » Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis laetior) Filmed at Carpet Springs, SW Qld Apr 1999 using Canon EX1 Hi8 & Sigma 400mm lens.« Download video - iPod/PSPDownload is starting. More

The Black-chinned Honeyeater is the largest Melithreptus honeyeater on the mainland. It is a medium-sized stocky honeyeater with a black head, short black bill and a short tail. Adults are olive green or golden yellow above, pale brown grey to off-white below, with a prominent white crescent across the back of the neck, a black chin bounded by white on each side, and has a bright blue patch of skin above the eye. The northern sub-species, M. More

Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis - Length 14–16.5 cm; wingspan 22–25 cm; weight 20 g. Noisy, active and gregarious, this Black-chinned Honeyeater is usually seen in pairs and small groups of up to about 12 birds throughout year, though groups are possibly larger outside the breeding season. They usually feed briskly and acrobatically among the foliage and flowers in the canopy of trees, where they can be difficult to observe. More

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Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies)Melithreptus gularis gularis (Gould 1837), as a VULNERABLE SPECIES on Schedule 2 of the Act. Listing of Vulnerable Species is provided for by Part 2 of the Act. The Scientific Committee found that: 1. More

Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis = Lake Kurwongbah, Queensland, Australia - Apr, 2003 More

Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis = Described by: Gould (1837) Alternate common name(s): Black-throated Honeyeater, Golden-backed Honeyeater Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Lake Kurwongbah, Queensland, Australia - Apr, 2003 More

The Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) is a small greenish bird, with a black crown, white nape and pale blue skin around the eye. The black chin for which it is named is indistinct. Source Community Biodiversity Network, Australia's Birds Falling Towards Extinction, February 2000 Status In South Australia, the Black-chinned Honeyeater is considered vulnerable and is limited to two main strongholds; the Mt Lofty Ranges and the South East. More

analysis of gleaning techniques, Black-chinned Honeyeaters were found to spend a greater proportion of effort probing between leaves that were bound together than did Fuscous Honeyeaters. This supports the hypothesis that Black-chinned Honeyeaters are less common than Fuscous Honeyeaters because they are more specialised in foraging and their food supply is uncommon. Aggression did not seem to inhibit foraging for either species. Emu 108(2) 125–132 doi:10. More

Australia, the Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) is uncommon in comparison with the co-occurring Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus), which is common. The relative rarity of the former may be because it specialises on a narrow range of resources that are not abundant. Alternatively, it may be excluded from more abundant food resources by other bird species, such as the Fuscous Honeyeater. We thus compared the foraging ecologies of these two species on the New England Tableland of NSW. More

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The Black-chinned Honeyeater is the largest of its genus, reaching 17 cm in length. The cap is black, with a white crescent around the nape, and there is a diagnostic black 'chin' beneath the bill and extending down the white throat (though this can be difficult to see in the field). There is a small crescent of blue skin above the eye. The back and wings are a dull olive-green and the tail is greyish-brown. The underparts are white, with a greyish-buff tint on the breast. More

Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies) - Murray: Distribution and vegetation associations in the Murray = Scientific name: Melithreptus gularis gularis Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable Distribution of the species within this region The Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies) is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Murray Catchment Management Region: CMA sub-region Known or predicted to occur Geographic restrictions within region Lower More

Black-chinned Honeyeater, Melithreptus gularis Meliphagidae (HONEYEATERS) Black-chinned Honeyeater, Melithreptus gularis This photo was taken in: Australia The photo was taken by: Tom Tarrant , Birdwatching trip reports from around the world Australia reports Birdwatching trip reports from Australia Birding Southern Queensland Essential links for Australia Identification Notes: Submit Identification notes for this photo More