Fwd: Eungella Honeyeater and help needed

By Birding-Aus, on June 20th, 2015

It’s a nice, male White-browed Scrubwren. That’s what they look like up north. They used to be called Buff-breasted Scrubwren. Maybe Buff-bellied would be a better name! Cheers, Chris. On 6/20/2015 6:19 AM, Peter Shute wrote: > Please see below. > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Adrian Brooks < brooks31@bigpond.combrooks31@bigpond.com>> > Date: 20 June 2015 6:02:36 pm AEST > To: Peter Shute < pshute@nuw.org.aupshute@nuw.org.au>> > Subject: Eungella Honeyeater and help needed > > Hi Peter, > > We have been birding round Eungella for a couple of days and found the Eungella Honeyeater this morning. > > Two EH’s came to feed at the top of a nearby Syzygium. > The sun was just hitting the tops of the trees, 8.30-9.00 am. > Liz got a reasonable proof shot. > > Yesterday we also heard calls but they were feeding very high up and difficult to locate. > > [cid:B0C77B5F-CE1F-44D7-8CE1-374361EFE216] > > Also can anyone confirm the identity of this bird which we found 5k from Eungella at Broken River carpark. > It sat up on a tree and gave us an extended marvellous melodious song. > We thought it was a Yellow-throated Scrub Wren but then it would be out of range. > Also it has the white flashes on the wing like the White-browed we’ve seen. > This bird has distinctly white throat and yellow underparts. > It looks like a cross between a White-browed and Yellow-throated. > > [cid:2A84E11A-AD47-46D3-91CE-AAB0AFA3A4AF] > > > [cid:439B00E5-80FD-4E89-A0B4-391EDBB7177E] > > > Thanks, > > Adrian and Liz Brooks (Mooloolaba) > > > > > > > > >

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