Bridled Honeyeater

Bolemoreus frenatus (Ramsay, EP, 1874)

Bridled Honeyeater, Bolemoreus frenatus, is a honeyeater of north-east Queensland in Australia, breeding in the se Cape York Peninsula and the Atherton region. It lives in upland rainforest and wet eucalypt forest above 300 metres, and in winter it moves down to lower forests, including mangroves, with occasional records from more open country. Its face is marked with the rein-like pattern that gives the bird its name. It also shows a white gape, a two-toned bill, a blue eye with pale lines, a yellow ear tuft, and a broad pale patch on the side of the neck.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters

Breeding range

Australasia: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)