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Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta)

Category 18 Category 18 Table Red Wattlebird Little Wattlebird Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Striped Honeyeater Noisy Friarbird Little Friarbird Blue-faced Honeyeater Bell Miner Yellow-throated Miner Noisy Miner Lewin's Honeyeater Yellow-faced Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater White-eared Honeyeater Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Grey-fronted Honeyeater Fuscous Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater White-cheeked Honeyeater Painted Honeyeater Brown-headed Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill Black-chinned Honeyeater White-naped Honeyeater Scarlet Honeyeater Crimson Chat

Sightings

We have seen Painted Honeyeaters in 2006, from September onwards, in various locations in the area of Narrabri, New South Wales (20 km north-east of town and 30 km north and 20 km south-west of Narrabri).

Spotted again in February 2008, 20 km south-west of Narrabri, in the same area as 2 years before.

Photos

Lateral view of an adult Painted Honeyeater in a Eucalypt tree

Painted Honeyeater in a Casuarina tree...

... the same bird as above, now at a somewhat private moment (note droplets below the bird...)

Lateral view of an immature Painted Honeyeater; note the partly dark bill and the absence of any streaks or spots on the breast (click on image for larger version)

Immature Painted Honeyeater feeding on mistletoe blossoms in a casuarina tree (click on image for larger version)

View of the underbelly of an immature Painted Honeyeater (as indicated by the partly dark bill), showing first signs of streaking (click on image for larger version)

The pinkish lores and short tail indicate that this is a fledgling Painted Honeyeater; again the bill is partly dark and there are no streaks or spots on the breast (click on image for larger version)

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