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Helmeted Honeyeater

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  1. Another great beauty! Posted 12 years ago
    1. and unfortunately endangered Posted 12 years ago
  2. Stunning bird and a lovely capture Graeme. Was this in the wild ? Posted 12 years ago
    1. Afraid not as they are extremely rare Posted 12 years ago

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The Helmeted Honeyeater is a passerine bird in the Honeyeater family. It is a distinctive and critically endangered subspecies of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, that exists in the wild only as a tiny relict population in the Australian state of Victoria, in the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. It is Victoria’s only endemic bird, and was adopted as one of the state’s faunal emblems in 1971.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Graeme Ruck
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By Graeme Ruck

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Uploaded Aug 12, 2013. Captured Jun 29, 2011 12:10.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/49s
  • ISO800
  • 170mm