White-plumed Honeyeater
Ptilotula penicillata
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · Wikimedia · CC-BY 2.0 (licence)
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About the White-plumed Honeyeater
A small-to-medium-sized honeyeater named after the distinctive patch of white feathers on neck. Adults are primarily olive-gray with a yellow face. Breeding adults have an entirely black bill, whereas the bills of juveniles and nonbreeding adults have a yellow base. Found in open woodlands as well as in parks and gardens, typically near water. Females build a small, cup-shaped nest using grass and spider webs. This species is widespread across mainland Australia but absent in the far north and the southwest.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 1 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
