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18

Banded Honeyeater

(Certhionyx pectoralis)
Size: 11.5-13.5 cm
Weight: 8-13 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Banded Honeyeater at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

BREEDING

Near-frontal view of an adult Banded Honeyeater in breeding plumage with its tongue sticking out (photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, November 2007]

Near-lateral view of an adult Banded Honeyeater in breeding plumage - the gape is dark and both mantle and band are black (photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, November 2007]

Lateral view of an adult Banded Honeyeater in breeding plumage - both mantle and band are black
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Marrakai track, Adelaide River floodplain, NT, July 2014]

NON-BREEDING

Frontal view of an adult Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage; note the yellow gape, but black breast band and cap
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Julatten, QLD, December 2020]

Frontal view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage looking sideways (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin River Dam, NT, August 2013]

Frontal view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, July 2019]

Different view of the same Banded Honeyeater as shown above (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, July 2019]

Near-lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Julatten, QLD, December 2020]

Lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin River Dam, NT, August 2013]

Lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage; note the brown back (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buchanan Highway, NT, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage hopping from branch to branch
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Marrakai track, NT, August 2013]

Lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage taking a bath together with Masked Finches
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nackeroo Lookout Road, Timber Creek, NT, November 2018]

Dorsal view of a Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage; note the brown back (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buchanan Highway, NT, November 2018]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Near-lateral view of a Banded Honeyeater moulting into adult plumage (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nitmiluk NP, near Katherine, NT, September 2020]

Near-lateral view of a juvenile Banded Honeyeater - note the brown mantle and dark-brown band
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Marrakai track, Adelaide River floodplain, NT, July 2014]

Lateral view of a juvenile Banded Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nitmiluk NP, near Katherine, NT, September 2020]

Lateral view of a juvenile Banded Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Banded Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[100 km W of Timber Creek, NT, July 2020]

Frontal view of a very young Banded Honeyeater - note the brown mantle and light-brown band
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Marrakai track, Adelaide River floodplain, NT, July 2014]

Lateral view of a very young Banded Honeyeater - note the brown mantle and light-brown band
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Marrakai track, Adelaide River floodplain, NT, July 2014]

Food, Diet

Banded Honeyeater in non-breeding plumage feeding on the nectar of a Grevillea (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin River Dam, NT, August 2013]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

bandhon_pb_20181115.m4a (Inland NT) Contact call? (Q&A) © PB
bandhon_pb_20181117.m4a (Inland NT) Various © PB
bandhon_pb_20200727.m4a (Inland NT) Various © PB
bandhon_pb_20181115_2.m4a (Inland NT) Various © PB
bandhon_pb_20181115_3.m4a (Inland NT) Annoyed? © PB

More Banded Honeyeater sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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