MACLEAY'S HONEYEATER

Photo: C & D Frith
Wet Tropics Rainforest Life

ENDEMIC Tropical North QLD

MACLEAY'S HONEYEATER
Xanthotis macleayana 20 cm

·         Macleay’s Honeyeater is endemic to the Wet Tropics region.

·         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.

·      It is harder to see than most other honeyeaters as it is unobtrusive. Its main call is a
       musical ‘to wit, too wee twit’ song.

·         Also making it more difficult to see, it remains higher than many of the other
       honeyeaters in the rainforest.

·           It searches amongst epiphytic growths and vines as well as gleaning from leaves.
       Its diet consists of roughly 70 percent insects and spiders, 20 percent nectar, and
       10 percent fruit.

·           Because of its feeding habits, it plays an important role in the pollination of
        rainforest flowers.

·        The breeding season is from September to March.

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