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Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterAlternative names: "Whisky", "Yellow Whisker" |
Sightings
We have first come across birds that we identified as Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters at Sawn Rocks, Mount Kaputar National Park, some 35 km north-east of Narrabri, New South Wales, in 2004. Spotted there invariably, whenever we go.
Later also found further south, on the eastern fringes of the Nandewar Range, 30 km east of Narrabri, where they are also permanent residents.
Photos
Lateral view of a Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, with a clear view of the yellow "tuft" protruding from the side of its head, feeding in a mistletoe bush (click on image for larger version)
The same bird as in the photo above, with its head turned into the sunlight (click on image for larger version)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater in a bush at Sawn Rocks (I); click on image for larger version
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater in a bush at Sawn Rocks (II); click on image for larger version
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater at Sawn Rocks in September 2007 (click on image for larger version)
Probably an immature Yellow-tufted Honeyeater drinking water from a dam; note the absence of a tail (click on image for full-size display)
The same immature Yellow-tufted Honeyeater as above, now a view of its front; note the blueish base of the bill that is not visible in the photos of adult birds (click on image for full-size display)