Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta) - HBW 13, p. 691
French: Méliphage peint
German: Granthonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Pintado
Taxonomy: Entomophila picta Gould, 1838, New South Wales, Australia.
Molecular studies indicate that genus is closely allied to the morphologically dissimilar and monotypic Plectorhyncha, both being part of a subclade that includes also Philemon and Xanthotis. Genus has in the past been subsumed in Conopophila. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & E Australia: CE Northern Territory (sparse) and Queensland W of Great Divide and S of c. 20° S (though few records in SW) S, on and W of Great Divide, to N Victoria.
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A female attending the nest and removing excreted mistletoe berries Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 30 sec 4.9 -
A series of males singing early in the breeding season Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 46 sec 4.9 -
A female foraging on a branch Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 24 sec 4.8 -
Several chicks, all of them ringed, in a tree soon after fledging Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 46 sec 4.8 -
A male killing a small spider for feeding on it Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
A female building the nest in a mistletoe Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 October 2005 5 years ago 39 sec 4.7
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Adult bird on hanging bark
Locality Noccundra, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 40 weeks ago 4.6 -
Adult bird on a branch
Locality Noccundra, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 40 weeks ago 4.6 -
Male, calling
Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Geoffrey Dabb 3 November 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
perched male
Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 October 2009 3 years ago 2
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