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Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei) Alternate name(s): "White's Honeyeater", "Inconspicuous Honeyeater" Size: 10.5-12 cm Weight: 7-11 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Grey Honeyeaters are very small nectar-eating birds. Their plumage is very inconspicuous. The entire head, the neck and the back, all the way to the rump, are slate-grey. The flight feathers have thin pale-olive leading edges and are otherwise a darker shade of grey than the back. The tail is the same shade of grey as the flight feathers. The front, from the chest down to the undertail coverts, is light-grey to off-white. The irises are dark, while the pointy, slightly downcurved bill and the legs and feet are grey. The base of the lower mandible is a lighter shade of grey than the rest of the bill. Juveniles have a pale gape and pale eye-rings.

Taxonomy, classification See Grey 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 Grey Honeyeater is available HERE . NB: Reports on ebird of birds submitted by birdwatchers from the Australian Outback tend to be clustered along roads and public areas such as camp grounds; in such cases their distribution is not a good representation of the overall distribution of the species. Grey Honeyeaters are endemic to the Red Centre of Australia. They populate the the central parts of WA into the south-western quarter of the NT, to just beyond the border into north-western SA. Grey Honeyeaters have a strong preference for arid Acacia scrub and woodland. They also populate inland sand dunes with flowering shrubs and mallee-type eucalypts. They also visit gardens, in particular in Alice Springs, NT.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting Grey Honeyeaters in the township of Alice Springs, NT, in July 2018. All photographic and sighting information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Grey Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Alice Springs, NT, July 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Alice Springs, NT, July 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey Honeyeater issuing its call (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Alice Springs, NT, July 2018]

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