Manorina melanocephala
4 Noisy Miner at Fadden, ACT
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| Manorina melanocephala | MatthewFrawley | 16 Mar 2024 | |
| Manorina melanocephala | CarbonAI | 16 Mar 2024 | |
| Manorina melanocephala | ChrisBlunt | 16 Mar 2024 |
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Spotted at Hannah Community Park in Fadden
4 comments
18 Mar 2024
Hi Chris. It looks like the bird is eating the feral honey bees. This is a very interesting behaviour. Can you confirm? Also, can you please add a separate sighting of the bees, and tick the box for "Bee nest present".
18 Mar 2024
Hi Michael. I took the photo from about 20m away so couldn't observe the behaviour at the time. It wasn't until I got home and cropped the photo that I could see the nest and what looks like the noisy miner which is a honeyeater eating a bee. Unfortunately, this photo is now a few years old so the nest is unlikely to still be there. Incidentally, I have seen other nests over the past few years in the same area which I do have photos of.
19 Mar 2024
Thanks Chris. Honey bees are very persistent. There is a Honey Bee nest on Urambi Hills which has been in a tree hollow at least 10 years. We are quite interested in feral bees because they are a threat to insect biodiversity and also take over tree hollows and exclude native birds and mammals. So recording the location of the bees nest would be of value.
19 Mar 2024
Hi Michael, thanks for enlightening me. I wasn't aware that nests could still be active years later. I have now added a separate sighting as you suggested.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117451-35.407451
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2018 01:05 PM Recorded on
- ChrisBlunt Recorded by
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- Photographic Competition - best habitat image Featured ChrisBlunt Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Manorina melanocephala Honeyeater Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Manorina melanocephala Scientific name
- Noisy Miner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 895.3m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Manorina (Myzantha) melanocephala
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
JFMAMJJASOND
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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