Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Glyciphila melanops Gliciphila melanops, Phylidonyris melanops

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Glyciphila melanops
(aka Gliciphila melanops, Phylidonyris melanops)

Cheyne Beach, Western Australia
October 2013

The Tawny-crowned Honeyeater is endemic to Australia where it is distributed in the south-west and the south-east of the country including Tasmania. It is found mainly in coastal and inland heathlands usually with Banksia bushes or stunted Eucalyptus trees and it feeds on nectar and insects.

It has a creamy-buff crown and a black mask which curves down the sides of the white breast.

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