White-cheeked and New Holland Honeyeaters

["Greg Roberts" <>]

I agree with Russ and Greg. In southern Queensland, New Holland is very much
a bird of the hinterland, often along streams in well-vegetated country,
while White-cheeked is essentially a bird of the coastal wallum.

Greg Roberts 


Date: 

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:18:28 +1000


Wayne,

No it's not common, in fact quite rare, to see these species together. I've
only seen them together (well, within 100 m ) at the same site once in 18
years on the Sunshine Coast, in 2010 near Baroon Pocket Dam, North Maleny.
White-cheeked inhabit mostly coastal banksia heath and adjacent lowland
scrub with taller banksia, whilst New Holland H/E is less frequently seen,
and then usually on the Blackall Range in euc. woodlands (though I have seen
New Hollands on the lowlands, near Landsborough). 

 

Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ

                                

 

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