Tag Archives: honeyeaters
Macleays Honeyeater
Despite its huge area, the Wet Tropics region of Queensland has only a small handful of endemic birds; endemic being the term to describe a species that occurs nowhere else. One of these is the common Macleays Honeyeater, a bird … Continue reading
Scarlet Honeyeater – Mission Beach
The Scarlet Honeyeater is one of the most strikingly coloured of all the Australian honeyeater family. The birds utilize their red plumage as camouflage as their preferred diet comes from the long flowering Callistemon group, most of which are red … Continue reading
Brown Honeyeater – Mission Beach
The Brown Honeyeater is an abundant little bird around Mission Beach but don’t look for it in the rainforest! These small birds prefer more open vegetation and can easily be located amidst any native garden with flowering shrubs. Feeding on … Continue reading
Sunbirds – Mission Beach
Sunbirds are well known and much loved birds in the Mission Beach area. Their habit of occasionally building nests on house decks or outdoor patios has endeared these little jewels to many a local resident. Australia only has the single … Continue reading
Brown-backed Honeyeater
One of the most familiar Honeyeaters to Mission Beach residents is the plainly coloured Brown-backed Honeyeater. Honeyeaters are everywhere in Australia. You can find them in the middle of the Simpson Desert to the Alpine country in the south of … Continue reading
