Central QLD Coast Landcare Network

Honeyeater, Fuscous

Ptilotula fusca


The plainest of the plumed honeyeaters with the least
distinct plume. In colonies in drier eucalypt forest and woodland. Actively
gleans arthropods and lerps from foliage and bark. Opportunistically takes
nectar.
Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Meliphagidae
Information sources: The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al