PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Lichenostomus leucotis  

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Kamarooka State Park, VIC (Jun, 2012)

White-eared Honeyeaters remind me of a science experiment having gone wrong where a test tube has blown up blackening the experimenter's face.

This bird has altered the effect with a layer of pollen liberally coating the area around its bill.

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

Immature White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-eared Honeyeater