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Helmeted_Honeyeater  Helmeted Honeyeater,Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Click/tap to enlarge

Helmeted_Honeyeater

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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 Oct 12, 2011 10:29.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/99s
  • ISO800
  • 300mm