The white-plumed honeyeater is a medium-sized passerine of the family Meliphagidae endemic to mainland Australia. Its key identifying characteristics are a primarily olive-grey body and yellow face, a
Ptilotula penicillata Glen Davis
White-plumed Honeyeater in flight
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), caught during a survey at Toorale National Park, NSW, Australia
River Red Gum woodland, Dowdle Swamp Wildlife Reserve, VIC
Ptilotula is a genus of honeyeater consisting of species occurring in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The genus consists of six former members of Lichenostomus, and was created after a molecular analy
White-plumed honeyeater
…They separated the previous members of the lichenostomus Honeyeater groupings into updated clades. Lichenostomus penicillata was renamed within the Ptilotula clade (named by Gregory M. Mathews in 1912) alongside P. flavescens, P. ornatus, P. plumulus (Grey-fronted Honeyeater), P. fuscus (Fuscous Honeyeater…
Yellow tinted honeyeater 8182
Grey headed Honeyeater 0A2A3929
Yellow plumed Honeyeater Patchewollock