| White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella
albifrons (aka Phylidonyris albifrons) |
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Port Augusta, S.A. and Uluru, N.T., Australia The White-fronted Honeyeater is distributed from western and central Australia through to inland south-east Australia. It is found in dry scrublands where there are shrubs in blossom and in eucalypt woodlands. |
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It has a white mask across the forecrown and up to the eye, a black then white line below the eye and a whitish patch on the ear. The head is blackish with white scales and underparts are white with a black throat and breast. There is a small dull red spot behind the eye which is just visible in photos 1 and 2. The wings have dull yellow-green edging. | |||
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Photo 5 shows a juvenile bird with a dusky forehead and mask, a swollen yellow gape and lacking the red spot behind the eye. | |||
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