Bush Buds: Regent Honeyeater
Event description
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About me:
This striking black and yellow bird was, at one time, less glamorously known as the ‘Warty-faced Honeyeater’ on account of the bumpy yellow skin around its eyes. More appropriately, today it’s known as the Regent Honeyeater, in honour of its scalloped breast feathers and gorgeous yellow markings.
The gregarious Regent Honeyeater often moves in flocks, bobs its head when calling and performs gymnastics whilst feeding on nectar from eucalypts and mistletoes. In the ACT Region it can be found in Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands, but if you’re willing to travel, you can find this bird in riparian she-oaks, Box-Ironbark Woodlands, and the Bangalay Woodlands on the NSW South Coast.
Threats:
The Regent Honeyeater is critically endangered and ranked seventh of 20 birds most likely to go extinct. The decline of the Regent Honeyeater is thought to be mainly due to the clearing, fragmentation and degradation of its habitat. The Regent Honeyeater has become a 'flagship species' for conservation, as this stunner helps maintain healthy ecosystems by facilitating eucalyptus pollination. Therefore efforts to save the Regent Honeyeater help to conserve other threatened animals and plants, including the Swift Parrot, Superb Parrot, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Squirrel Glider, and Painted Honeyeater.
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