Striped Honeyeater

The Striped Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird with an average length of 22cm. It is adorned with grey feathers covering its body and brown wings and tail.

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

Striped honeyeaters eat nectar from eucalyptus, mistletoes, and other plants, and sometimes eat fruits and seeds. (Illustration by Emily Damstra. Reproduced by permission.) semiarid woodlands with eucalyptus, acacia, and native pine. Diet: Striped honeyeaters eat nectar from eucalyptus, mistletoes, and other plants, and sometimes eat fruits and seeds. They also occasionally eat insects and spiders that they capture from foliage and tree bark or that they catch in the air. More

The medium-sized Striped Honeyeater is grey-brown above, with a grey-white head and upper neck boldly striped black, and has whitish underparts with faint streaks on the belly and undertail. The feathers of the upper breast and throat are long and pointed, giving the head a shaggy appearance. Females are browner on the back than males, with more greyish underparts, while young birds are duller and less streaked overall. The bill and legs are blue-grey and the eye is dark. More

Estimated range of the Striped Honeyeater in blue. The Striped Honeyeater, (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), is a honeyeater native to Australia. More

Striped Honeyeater is found in the following countries: 1. Australia Site Developed & Maintained by Shah Jahan & Sajna A Iqbal Design By FSquares COPYRIGHT (C) TheBirdsISaw.COM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2007. More

Striped honeyeaters are found in Eastern Australia from Cape York into South Australia and Northern NSW. They can be found in woodlands and open forests often along rivers as well as mangroves. They feed mainly on insects (spiders) but will also eat nectar, seeds, berries and fruit. Our three lovely boys are very fast in flight, so you have to be quick to catch a glimpse of them. Their names are Sebastian, Salvatore and Syd. More

Striped Honeyeaters are less common where we lived until 2006, south of Narrabri, than for example Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters. However, we spotted Striped Honeyeaters regularly at our former neighbour's place in 2004 and 2005. After the notable scarcity in those years, Striped Honeyeaters were a lot more widespread in 2006. Striped Honeyeaters were regular visitors 20 km east of Narrabri during the spring and summer of 2007 and 2008. More

The Striped Honeyeater, (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), is a honeyeater native to Australia. This species is found mainly in eastern Australia, predominantly inland. It lives in forests and woodlands as well as urban areas. The Striped Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird with an average length of 8.66 inches. It is adorned with gray feathers covering it's body and brown wings and tail. More

The Striped Honeyeater, (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), is a honeyeater native to Australia. More