White-fronted Honeyeater
Drinking Nectar
Ellura
Black Honeyeater
Our one and only shot
 
                      
White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Honeyeater (Meliphagidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons)
This Photo:     Top of Head
Synonym: Phylidonyris albifrons

Thank you Jenny Donald & John Oliver for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Raucous. Pronounced yellow & white stripes on black wings. Red spot above back corner of eye.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 30-Jul-2013
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)