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MACLEAY'S HONEYEATER
Photo: C & D Frith
Wet Tropics Rainforest Life
ENDEMIC Tropical
North QLD
MACLEAY'S HONEYEATER:
Xanthotis macleayana 20 cm
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Macleay’s Honeyeater is endemic to the Wet
Tropics region.
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It is common in rainforests at all altitudes.
It can be
seen about the rainforest and its edges, and at times, in orchards and gardens.
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It 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.
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Its main call is a musical ‘to wit, too wee twit’ song.
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It searches amongst epiphytic growths and vines as well as gleaning from leaves.
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Its diet consists of roughly 70 percent insects and spiders,
20 percent nectar, and 10
percent fruit.
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Because of its feeding habits, it plays an important role in the pollination of rainforest flowers.
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The breeding season is from September to March.
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Easily viewed at
Chambers Wildlife
Rainforest Lodge .
Additional Information:
Courtesy of
Damon Ramsey
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The Macleay's Honeyeater, is a
medium sized honeyeater with a distinctive 'tartan' pattern, black cap and
orange patch around the eye.
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It has also a distinctive, fast and cheery 'tosweet-swe-twseet'
call that is heard around the lodge.
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
Additional Macleay's
Honeyeater Photos
Additional
Macleay's Honeyeater Photos 2
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