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Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

(Lichenostomus melanops)

Sightings

We have identified with great certainty a bird that we spotted around Sawn Rocks, Mount Kaputar National Park near Narrabri, New South Wales, as a Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. Spotted there invariably, whenever we go, since 2004. Not seen anywhere else yet on the western side of the dividing range.

Photos

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)

Here a lateral view of a Yellow-tufted Honeyeater; with the sunlight from the left, a shadow is cast on the birds neck, showing that the yellow "tuft" protrudes from the side of its head (click on image for full-size display)

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)