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SCARLET HONEYEATER
Drawing: Courtesy of Neil Hayes
SCARLET HONEYEATER
Myzomela sanguinolenta 11 cm
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Despite its brilliant colour, the male Scarlet
Honeyeater is often difficult to observe because it is small and forages mainly
in tall trees.
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Usually
the Scarlet Honeyeater occurs in flocks following the seasonal flowerings of plants.
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Birds are observed most readily in gardens where native plants such as
grevilleas and bottle-brushes predominate.
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It is often detected first by its sweet jingling
call.
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Some can easily be seen in Spring on the flowering Jacaranda tree at
Chambers Wildlife
Rainforest Lodge .
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