Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) - HBW 13, p. 689
French: Méliphage de Macleay
German: Kappenhonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de Macleay
Other common names: Buff-striped/Mottled/Mottle-plumaged/Yellow-streaked Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Ptilotis macleayana E. P. Ramsay, 1875, Cardwell, Rockingham Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Genus formerly subsumed in Meliphaga by some authors. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Queensland from Cooktown S, including Hinchinbrook I and extending inland to W slopes of Atherton Tableland, to S Paluma Range, and occasionally farther (to The Pinnacles, SW of Townsville), in NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird sitting on a branch Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2003 4 years ago 26 sec 4.8 -
Two birds showing confidence with people Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 3 August 2004 5 years ago 55 sec 4.8 -
A bird at a feeder. Locality Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
Robert Schaefer 30 September 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a branch, changing of perch and looking around Locality Kuranda State Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 August 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 4.2 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Kuranda State Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 21 October 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched and moving away Locality Atherton, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 12 August 2004 5 years ago 12 sec 3.9
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An almost fully coloured immature
Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 1 August 2005 2 years ago 4.2 -
Believed to be an adult bird, however I don't have a lot of experience with this species
Locality Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
Mac McCormick 23 May 2002 1 year ago 3.8 -
Macleay's Honeyeater feeding on grevillia
Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 8 August 2009 17 weeks ago 3.7 -
perched
Locality Kuranda, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 20 October 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
A side view.
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 22 October 2007 50 weeks ago 3.5 -
Feeding on a calistamon
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 16 August 2009 1 year ago 3.4
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