White-cheeked Honeyeater
A species of Yellow-winged Honeyeaters Scientific name : Phylidonyris niger Genus : Yellow-winged Honeyeaters
White-cheeked Honeyeater, A species of Yellow-winged Honeyeaters
Botanical name: Phylidonyris niger
Genus: Yellow-winged Honeyeaters
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Description
The white-cheeked honeyeater is a medium-sized black and white honeyeater, with a long, sturdy bill that curves downwards. It has large bright-yellow tail and wing panels, with a large conspicuous white cheek-patch on a mainly black head. The eye is dark brown and it has a long, tapering, white brow-line. Young birds have a yellow gape and brow and the plumage is dusky or dull brownish. It is gregarious, active and noisy with swift, erratic flight. It is 16–20 cm (6.3–7.9 in) in length; males weigh 15.5–25 g (0.55–0.88 oz) and females 15.5–20 g (0.55–0.71 oz). 
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
White-cheeked Honeyeater primarily consume nectar from flowers like Banksia and Eucalypt, supplementing their diet with insects gleaned from bark or caught mid-air. They are known to feed noisily in groups, often alongside New Holland Honeyeaters.
Habitat
The white-cheeked Honeyeater is commonly found across a variety of habitats ranging from moist and wet heathlands to shrublands and woodlands with dense undergrowth, often in the proximity of watercourses or swampy areas. They thrive in regions featuring species such as Banksia, Melaleuca, Acacia, and Eucalyptus. This species shows a strong presence in both temperate and subtropical zones, including urban environments where they inhabit parks, gardens, and streets lined with flowering vegetation. Adaptability allows them to coexist with human activity, although this sometimes leads to predation by domestic cats.
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Behavior
Mostly resident or sedentary, with some seasonal movement at edge of range.
Distribution Area
The white-cheeked honeyeater is endemic to eastern and south-western Australia. It ranges from east of the Great Divide in Queensland through coastal New South Wales, becoming scattered south to Jervis Bay. It also occurs in south-western Western Australia and from Israelite Bay, east of Esperance, to the Murchison River in Kalbarri National Park. The white-cheeked honeyeater is usually found in moist heathlands, as well as around paperbark swamps and wetlands, and in forests or woodlands with a heath understory. Occurring in both temperate and subtropical zones, they are found in parks, gardens and flowering street trees throughout their range. Not afraid of humans and adapting easily to settlement activity, they are sometimes killed by cats.
Species Status
The white-cheeked honeyeater is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Species
White-cheeked Honeyeater 
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