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Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus) Alternate name(s): "Mountain Honeyeater" Size: 20-22 cm Body mass: 29-43 g

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

Physical description Click here for a physical description Bridled Honeyeaters are medium-sized nectar-eating birds. Their head is dark brownish-grey, with a lighter patch behind the ear coverts. Also the entire back, including the wings, and the tail are dark brownish-grey. The front is a lighter shade of brownish-grey, tapered from chin to undertail coverts, with the latter being the lightest shade. Behind their eyes they have small white tufts. The slightly down-curved strong bill is a dark-grey tip and a yellow base and lores, connecting to a small yellow skin spot under each eye. The eyes have blue irises. The legs and feet are grey.

Taxonomy, classification See Bridled Honeyeater at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Bridled Honeyeater is available HERE . Bridled Honeyeaters are endemic to north-eastern Australia. Their range is very limited, extending only from about Cape Tribulation in the North to just northward of Townsville, QLD, in the South. Bridled Honeyeaters have a preference for rainforest and wet eucalypt forest, usually above 300-400 m altitude. In winter they may descend to lower altitudes and can occasionally be found in mangrove.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Both B. Hensen and M. Eaton report finding Bridled Honeyeaters at Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, in November 2018. Another was found at the same location by M. Eaton in August 2023. M. Eaton spotted another Bridled Honeyeater at Paluma Rainforest, near Townsville, QLD, in September 2020. Next, a Bridled Honeyeater was found at Atherton, QLD, in June 2024. J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours also reports spotting a Bridled Honeyeater in Julatten, QLD, in this case in December 2020.

Photos

ADULT

Frontal view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atherton, QLD, June 2024]

Near-frontal view of a Bridled Honeyeater looking towards the observer (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atherton, QLD, June 2024]

Near-frontal view of a Bridled Honeyeater looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atherton, QLD, June 2024]

Near-lateral view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, August 2023]

Close-up lateral view of a Bridled Honeyeater with a fruit (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Julatten, QLD, December 2020]

Lateral view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Bridled Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Behaviour

Food, Diet

Bridled Honeyeater with its prey, a large insect (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Bridled Honeyeater with its prey, a large insect (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Bridled Honeyeater with its prey, a small insect (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Paluma Rainforest, near Townsville, QLD, September 2020]

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.

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

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