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Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)
photographed on the Central Queensland Gemfields a wonderful place for digging sapphires and zircons but and even better place for bird lovers with over 400 species recorded for the area theres no shortage of adventure and fun in spotting and photographing some of australia wonderful birdlife ...Queensland is home to 630 out of 815 bird species in australia
The Striped Honeyeater is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, found in Australia. It is a medium sized honeyeater, about 23 centimetres in length. Both sexes are a light greyish brown with dark brown centres to the feathers, which give the appearance of stripes. The stripes are particularly distinct on the head and back of the neck. While it is found mainly in inland eastern Australia where it inhabits the drier open forests, it is also found in coastal swamp forests from south.. more
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ps I noticed your poetry/art forum section was a bit lonely so uploaded a poem to break the ice also have some interesting wildlife/nature artworks a lot of them are tee shirts,im not looking to spam the site so will just load some graphics if thats ok....cheers and have a great day! Posted 11 years ago