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	Honeyeater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Hawaii, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.
		Although honeyeaters look and behave very much like other nectar-feeding passerines around the world (such as the sunbirds and flowerpeckers), they are unrelated, and the similarities are the consequence of convergent evolution.
		In general, the honeyeaters with long, fine bills are more nectarivous, the shorter-billed species less so, but even specialised nectar eaters like the spinebills take extra insects to add protein to their diet when they are breeding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honeyeater (617 words)

	honeyeater - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		HONEYEATER [honeyeater] or honeysucker, common name for arboreal birds comprising some 160 species of the family Meliphagidae, and found in Australia, New Zealand, and the SW Pacific.
		Honeyeaters vary greatly in body and bill form, but all have in common a highly specialized, extendable, brushlike tongue, with a horny, pointed tip.
		Honeyeaters are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Meliphagidae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/h1/honeyeat.asp (426 words)

	Factsheets: Lewin's Honeyeater
		It is dark greenish grey in colour, with a creamy yellow gape (fleshy corners of the mouth).
		Young Lewin's Honeyeaters are similar to the adults, but have brown eyes.
		The Lewin's Honeyeater prefers the wetter parts of eastern Australia, from northern Queensland to central Victoria.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/lewins_honeyeater.htm (383 words)

	Honeyeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Hawaii, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacia.
		Although they look and behave very much like other nectar-feeding passerines around the world (such as the sunbirds and flowerpeckers), they are unrelated, and the similarities are the consequence of convergent evolution.
		In general, however, honeyeaters prefer to flit quickly from perch to perch in the outer foliage, stretching up or sideways or hanging upside down at need.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/ho/honeyeater.html (553 words)

	honeyeater - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about honeyeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Kauaioo was thought to be extinct, like the other three species of Hawaiian honeyeaters, but was rediscovered in 1960.
		Larger honeyeaters, such as the blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyza cyanotis) of northeastern Australia, which is 30 cm/12 in long, also eat insects and fruit.
		Honeyeaters from Australasia colonized Hawaii, where four distinct species evolved of which only one, the Kauaioo, survives; it too was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 1960.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /honeyeater (181 words)

	New Holland Honeyeater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is around eighteen centimetres long, is mainly fl, with a white iris, white facial tufts and yellow margins on its wing and tail feathers.
		Younger Honeyeaters are mostly brown and have a grey eye.
		New Holland Honeyeaters mostly eat the nectar of a flower as well as fruit, insects and spiders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Holland_Honeyeater (181 words)

	Education Fact Sheets - Regent Honeyeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The honeyeater is 200-225mm in size and the female is often much smaller than the male.
		The Regent Honeyeater once occurred in congregations of 50-100 but today it is found either singly, in pairs or small groups of no more than ten.
		Being partly migratory, the honeyeater generally shifts northwards in autumn and winter returning south to breed in spring and congregating within all ranges when food is abundant.
	www.arazpa.org.au /Education_FactSheets_RegentHoneyeater.htm (431 words)

	Samoa MARINE & WILDLIFE TOPICS
		Honeyeaters are found throughout the Pacific islands, New Guinea, and Australia.
		The iao or Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata) is the commonest forest bird in Samoa.
		Unlike most Samoan birds, the male and female Cardinal Honeyeater look very different: the male is bright red, with fl wings and tail, while the female is a dull gray, with a little bit of red on the rump.
	www.nps.gov /npsa/book/33_honeyeaters.htm (878 words)

	Facts Sheets - Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia)
		Today the Regent Honeyeater has become a 'flagship species' for conservation in the threatened box-ironbark forests of Victoria and NSW on which it depends.
		Regent Honeyeaters occur mainly in dry box ironbark open-forest and woodland areas inland of the Great Dividing Range, particularly favouring those on the wettest, most fertile soils, such as along creek flats and broad river valleys.
		Special dietary and habitat needs, in particular the Regent Honeyeater's nomadic lifestyle and reliance on a small area of favoured habitat within the remnants, has meant that these reductions in habitat are having a huge impact on the species.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened/publications/regent-honeyeater.html (717 words)

	Smoky Mouse
		Honeyeater beaks are thin, curved and sharply pointed, reflecting to some extent the sorts of flowers
		ost honeyeaters are nectar feeding birds with long, brush-tipped tongues which function in the same way as a paintbrush, soaking up fluids by capillary action.
		Helmeted Honeyeaters gather most of their food from the bark, twigs and leaves of the eucalypts.
	acess.250x.com /honey1.htm (841 words)

	Regent Honeyeater Project
		Regent Honeyeaters are also being banded elsewhere as part of this cooperative project.
		Regent Honeyeaters have usually arrived in the Capertee Valley by the end of July.
		When present, Regent Honeyeaters are usually easy to locate as they are generally very vocal prior to breeding.
	www.absa.asn.au /regent.html (673 words)

	New Holland Honeyeater
		It is mostly fl and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail.
		This honeyeater is an active bird, and rarely sits still long enough to give an extended view.
		The New Holland Honeyeater is common in heath, forests, woodland and gardens, mainly where grevilleas and banksias are found.
	www.austmus.gov.au /factsheets/new_holland_honeyeater.htm (415 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Fact sheet
		The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a large fl, white and golden olive-green honeyeater with striking blue skin around the yellow to white eye.
		This honeyeater is noisy and gregarious, and is usually seen in pairs or small flocks.
		The Blue-faced Honeyeater is found in northern and eastern mainland Australia, from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to near Adelaide, South Australia, being more common in the north of its range.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=154 (606 words)

	Threatened Species - Helmeted Honeyeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dense streamside vegetation of trees and shrubs is essential for Helmeted Honeyeaters' survival.
		Their aggression excludes other insect-eating birds from trees leading to unusually high levels of plant-sucking bugs, especially where the trees are already under stress from other factors such as agricultural chemicals and altered stream flow patterns.
		The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater is a community group which actively assists with the recovery program for the Helmeted Honeyeater.
	www.dpi.vic.gov.au /dse/nrenpa.nsf/FID/-91A15770F6EF266B4A256809001E5D2E?OpenDocument (551 words)

	Black-chinned Honeyeater
		The Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) is a small greenish bird, with a fl crown, white nape and pale blue skin around the eye.
		In South Australia, the Black-chinned Honeyeater is considered vulnerable and is limited to two main strongholds; the Mt Lofty Ranges and the South East.
		Habitat preference is for savannah (grassy understorey) woodland and dry sclerophyll forests dominated by eucalypts and scrub containing silver banksia (Banksia marginata) and native pine (Callitis gracilis).
	www.onkaparingacity.com /statsandfacts/environment/threatened_species/black_chinned_honeyeater.asp (364 words)

	Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) Recovery Plan 1999 - 2003
		Collation of observational records of Regent Honeyeaters, and further targeted surveys during implementation of the first recovery plan, have highlighted the importance of Swamp Mahogany forests in coastal NSW as refuge areas when conditions on the inland slopes are unfavourable.
		During spring 1997 at least 400 Regent Honeyeaters were present in the Capertee Valley, NSW and, based on the proportion of colour-banded birds present, the actual population may have been closer to 800 (D. Geering unpublished data).
		Since most of the Regent Honeyeater population resides in NSW and the most urgent habitat management issues are in that State, it is imperative to obtain a greater contribution from the NSW Government towards the implementation of this plan.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/regent-h-eater/index.html (10215 words)

	RARE HONEYEATER THREATENED BY MASSIVE LOGGING OF WESTERN WOODLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Regent Honeyeater is listed as endangered nationally and in NSW because its population has fallen to about 1500 birds Australia-wide.
		The decline of the Honeyeater appears to be due to a steady reduction in the extent and the quality of its habitat, the box ironbark open forests of the west, which contain the 'key' eucalypt species of Mugga Ironbark, White Box and Yellow Box.
		All box-ironbark woodlands are therefore important as the last refuge for the survival of the Regent Honeyeater.
	dazed.org /npa/press/19990720honeyeater.htm (485 words)

	Honeyeater Lodge \| Cheap bed and breakfast in Melbourne \| Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Honeyeater Lodge offers elegant 1920s’ style, luxury and charm less than 6 kms from Melbourne’s central business district.
		Tempting breakfasts are served either in the dining room with an open fire, or on the patio overlooking the heated, saltwater pool set amongst palms and tree ferns.
		Honeyeater Lodge’s excellent location provides a gateway to all Melbourne’s attractions and sporting events.
	www.youth-hostels-in.com /hostels/honeyeater-lodge-australia.htm (157 words)

	Birds of Perth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Not to be mistaken with the White-cheeked Honeyeater, the New Holland Honeyeater is a resident of Perth's heathlands and shrubby woodlands, as well as native residential gardens.
		New Holland Honeyeaters can be found in mixed flocks with White-cheeked Honeyeaters in areas where food is abundant, more often residential gardens than in bushland areas.
		In the Perth Metropolitan Area, the New Holland Honeyeater is more abundant in the southern suburbs, but does occur in pockets in northern areas.
	www.birdsofperth.com /terrestrials/honeyeaters/NHH.html (139 words)

	Cubberla-Witton - Honeyeater Track & "M of M" Club
		Honeyeater Track which winds its way from the back of the Hut car park to Sir Samuel Griffiths Drive, Mt. Coot-tha, has been constructed by Brisbane City Council over the past two years with the lower section completed early in 2003.
		It is proving very popular as a walking track by both the local community and by walking groups.
		Honeyeater Track between the Hut car park and the Greenford Street entrance.
	www.cubberlawitton.org /bushcare_groups/the_hut_bushland_care_group/honeyeater_track_&_m_of_m_club (187 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- March 1995, week 2 (#139)
		The Painted Honeyeater has been of interest to me for nigh on 20 years now, but little data has been added to the collective consciousness in that time, so I'm setting it up as my rainy day project in 1995/96.......
		The Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta), an enigmatic and attractive member of the family Meliphagidae, is an uncommon to rare migrant or nomad in forests and woodlands of the eastern part of mainland Australia.
		A relatively rare visitor to the Gulf country of the Northern Territory and the south-east of South Australia, it is better known from south-west Queensland, and the inland slopes of New South Wales and Victoria.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9503b&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=9631 (488 words)

	Healthy-Bird.com - Lorikeet & Honeyeater Food
		Lorikeets and honeyeaters, unlike other birds, have a brush-like appendage at the end of their tongue.
		Wombaroo have identified and extracted a carotenoid mix that maintains the yellow/green and the red colours in the plumage of nectarivorous and insectivorous birds.
		It is desirable to keep lorikeets and honeyeaters in large aviaries planted with native flowering shrubs.
	www.healthy-bird.com /lorikeet_&_honeyeater_food.htm (527 words)

	Life and Adaptations to Water - Red-headed honeyeater
		The red-headed honeyeater nests in the canopy of the coastal mangrove trees above the water.
		This study skin of a male red-headed honeyeater was collected 80 years ago.
		The red-headed honeyeater breeds any time there is plenty of food (particularly October to January).
	www.samuseum.sa.gov.au /water/honyeatr.htm (204 words)

	32¢ Cardinal Honeyeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Found mainly in Australia and the larger islands of Micronesia, central Polynesia and Hawaii, the honeyeater inhabits woodland regions where nectar-producing plants like eucalyptus and banksias are abundant.
		Abundant in Vanuatu, the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands and Samoa, the male is identified by its brilliant scarlet plumage that contrasts with fl wings, tail and belly.
		The Cardinal Honeyeater also feeds on insects and is frequently found among flowering trees and shrubs in lowland coastal regions.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAJ73.HTM (404 words)

	Honeyeater - ADI's Pond and Water Garden Community
		A honeyeater is a tiny Australian bird, like a hummingbird, but it doesn't flap its wings as fast - so it tends to whistle as it works.
		This is one of nature's great economies, as frogs don't need to burn copious amounts of food to keep themselves warm they don't need to eat nearly as much as a warm-blooded creature of similar size, eg a mouse or a bird.
		During the day they are continually flapping their wings at high speed, and so their body temperature is high, at around 107 degrees.
	www.aquascapedesigns.com /messageboard/showthread.php?t=7478&goto=newpost (671 words)

	Regent Honeyeater - Xanthomyza phrygia
		The Regent Honeyeater was once common in the woodlands of eastern Australia, particularly along the inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range.
		The population of the Regent Honeyeater is less than 1,500 birds and is continuing to decline.
		According to the Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000, the Regent Honeyeater is endangered.
	www.birdsaustralia.com.au /birds/regent.html (144 words)

	DEC \| NSW threatened species - Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Black-chinned Honeyeater is the largest of its genus, reaching 17 cm in length.
		The cap is fl, with a white crescent around the nape, and there is a diagnostic fl centre line down the white throat.
		Oliver, D. L., Ley, A. J., Ford, H. and Williams, B. Habitat of the Regent Honeyeater, Xanthomyza phrygia, and the value of the Bundarra-Barraba region for the conservation of avifauna.
	www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au /tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10523 (707 words)

	! Macleay's Honeyeater ! Tropical Rainforest, North Queensland, Australia
		Macleay’s Honeyeater is endemic to the Wet Tropics region.
		is harder to see than most other honeyeaters as it is unobtrusive, and it remains higher than many of the other honeyeaters in the rainforest.
		The Macleay's Honeyeater, is a medium sized honeyeater with a distinctive 'tartan' pattern, fl cap and orange patch around the eye.
	www.rainforest-australia.com /Macleay's.html (210 words)

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