White-plumed Honeyeater

WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER (Ptilotula pencillatus)

A lone honeyeater was in the area of the Kilmore Hospital reservoir this afternoon.

I have seen them further out from Kilmore, but not here on the golf course before.

There is plenty of blossom on the trees this year. The yellow box trees are flowering well, the dams are full so the birds and bees are all busy.




The name comes from the Latin  word  'penicillis' which refers to a brush stroke, which describes the white plume across the birds chin.