Macleay's Honeyeater
A species of Bare-faced Honeyeaters Scientific name : Xanthotis macleayanus Genus : Bare-faced Honeyeaters
Macleay's Honeyeater, A species of Bare-faced Honeyeaters
Botanical name: Xanthotis macleayanus
Genus: Bare-faced Honeyeaters
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Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests. 
Size
22 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Macleay's Honeyeater's diet mainly consists of insects, supplemented with nectar and fruits like small figs. They forage across different forest levels, often in the canopy, using gleaning and probing techniques to capture insects and probe flowers. Occasionally seen hanging upside-down while feeding or sallying for insects, macleay's Honeyeater can also feed at sap-flows. They typically forage alone or in pairs and may form groups at abundant food sources.
Habitat
The habitat of macleay's Honeyeater encompasses primarily rainforest regions, including both lowland mesophyll vine and complex notophyll vine forests. Commonly found at the periphery of rainforests, these birds also inhabit open Eucalyptus forests, woodlands, and anthropogenic landscapes such as urban parks, gardens, orchards, and picnic areas within rainforest territories. While they show a preference for primary forests, macleay's Honeyeater is adaptable and frequently encountered in secondary and even logged forests, with occasional sightings in mangrove environments.
Dite type
Herbivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Genus
Bare-faced Honeyeaters Species
Macleay's Honeyeater 
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