White-cheeked Honeyeater
Phylidonyris nigra

The White-cheeked Honeyeater visits Thylogale for the summer, seen above feeding on the flowers of Banksia. The eastern race is found from the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland to Wallaga Lake in New South Wales. Can nest anytime depending on nectar source. In eastern Australia the White-cheeked Honeyeater is a common resident of coastal heaths and woodlands with a dense understorey of flowering plants. Also visits gardens with abundant nectar producing plants.

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Photographed and call recorded at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust