Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - HBW 13, p. 616
French:
Méliphage bruyant
German: Weißstirn-Schwatzvogel
Spanish: Mielero
Chillón
Other common names: Southern Black-backed Minah/Mynah
Taxonomy: Gracula
melanocephala Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port
Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with M. melanotis and M. flavigula.
Rarely, hybridizes with latter. Geographical variation on mainland
apparently clinal, N populations tending slightly paler above (with
little or no yellow-olive wash, more contrasting blackish and white
tones) than S ones (more pronounced yellow-olive wash); also, wing
becomes progressively longer from N to S (though one study found no
significant regional differences in lengths of wing, tail and
culmen). Two additional races recently proposed are titaniota
(described from 47 km W of Fairview Station, in C.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with M. melanotis and M. flavigula. Rarely, hybridizes with latter. Geographical variation on mainland apparently clinal, N populations tending slightly paler above (with little or no yellow-olive wash, more contrasting blackish and white tones) than S ones (more pronounced yellow-olive wash); also, wing becomes progressively longer from N to S (though one study found no significant regional differences in lengths of wing, tail and culmen). Two additional races recently proposed are titaniota (described from 47 km W of Fairview Station, in Cape York Peninsula) and lepidota (from 17 km W of Nyngan, in New South Wales), but much further study required in order to determine validity of these. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanocephala (Latham, 1801) - E & SE Australia from NE Queensland (E base of Cape York Peninsula) S, extending W to inland slopes and plains of Great Divide, to SE South Australia (E from Mt Lofty Ranges) and Victoria.
- leachi (Mathews, 1912) - N & E Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A wild bird in a tree, preening. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanocephala )
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 47 weeks ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on metal frame and then hopping away Locality New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanocephala)
Nick Talbot 17 December 2005 2 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
Dependent young bird calling Locality Hall, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 6 January 2012 5 weeks ago 29 sec 4.3 -
Checking the disused nest of a much larger bird. Locality New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 19 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 39 sec 4 -
A bird walking on the ground Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp crassirostris)
Peter Nash 28 October 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
Two juveniles perched on a branch. An adult feeds one then flies away. One of the juveniles then starts preening. Locality Yarra Bend Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanocephala)
Nick Talbot 3 January 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3.7
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Noisy miner
Locality Callum Brae, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 4 January 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
foraging
Locality Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bob Thompson 22 August 2007 3 years ago 4.3 -
Noisy miner - young bird on platform at close range
Locality Murarrie, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 February 2011 42 weeks ago 4.2 -
Two juveniles perching on a branch.
Locality Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanocephala)
Nick Talbot 30 September 2011 17 weeks ago 4 -
Checking the red flowers.
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanocephala)
Ken Havard 24 October 2008 47 weeks ago 3.9 -
Close-up of a perched bird.
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp melanocephala)
Ken Havard 13 April 2005 1 year ago 3.9
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A bird calling while feeding. Locality Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia
(ssp melanocephala)
Nick Talbot 12 December 2011 7 weeks ago 4 -
single bird calling Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
(ssp melanocephala)
Mat Gilfedder 22 January 2010 2 years ago 4
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