About the Pied Honeyeater
The pied honeyeater is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae and the sole species in the genus Certhionyx. This species is also known as the black and white honeyeater or western pied honeyeater.
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The pied honeyeater has a long curved bill and a small pale-blue patch of bare skin below the eye which is semicircular in males and arc-shaped in females and juveniles. Males are black and white, having a black head, neck and upper parts, a white lower rump and upper tail, black wings with a white stripe, and white underparts with a black tipped tail. Females are brown above, with a grey-white chin, a whitish breast streaked and spotted dark-brown, white underparts and white stripe along the edges of the secondary wing feathers. Adult weight is approximately 27 g (0.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Painted HoneyeaterGrantiella pictaWeighing around 20-25g, the painted honeyeater is a small bird that is approximately 16 cm in length, with a similar wingspan.
Western WattlebirdAnthochaera lunulataThe adult western wattlebird has dark grey-brown upper-parts with pale streaks and spots.
Western SpinebillAcanthorhynchus superciliosusThe western spinebill is a small honeyeater with a slender, curved bill.
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