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Lichenostomus fasciogularis
Coastal mangroves
No worries at all Malcolm. Ok thanks for that. I get most IDs out of my bird book, 'Field Guide to the Birds of Australia' by Simpson & Day. Thanks for your help :)
Sorry Leanne, I didn't realise you had changed it until after I had confirmed the suggestion, the e-mail still isn't showing! I'd been doing more checking. I use the Photographic Field Guide Birds of Australia.
Singing Honeyeater is not found on the east coast, Yellow-faced Honeyeater has a very thick black line below a, perhaps, thinner yellow line so is also out. It looks an exact match to the Mangrove Honeyeater in my book. I can delete the other 2 suggestions if you want.
I also think it is a Mangrove Honeyeater. It used to be a subspecies of the Singing Honeyeater, but is now considered it's own species. Which is probably why it did not come up in my search. I would definitely say Mangrove now that I have seen it though.
Hmmmm. Ok then. Thanks Ashley. I'll just leave it at this for now & wait for confirmation from a ranger. I personally, thought it may be a Mangrove Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fasciogularis) so now I'm really confused. Thanks for helping though :)
The yellow faced honeyeater: "Above the yellow stripe is a black eye stripe which is broken by a small yellow to off-white patch behind the eye, and below is another distinct black stripe running the length of the yellow line." There is not two black stripes on your birds face.