Gallery of log for Native Fauna Naming Fun
Sign on Kingaroy Cooyar Road a few klm south of Kingaroy Qld.
The bird known to most of us as the "Bellbird" is actually a Bell Miner. (Manorina Melamophrys) It is a colonial honey eater endemic to Southeastern Australia. they were given their common name because they feed exclusively on dome like coverings of certain psy;;id bugs, referred to as "bell lerps",that feed on eucalyptus sap from leaves.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Manorina
The bird known to most of us as the "Bellbird" is actually a Bell Miner. (Manorina Melamophrys) It is a colonial honey eater endemic to Southeastern Australia. they were given their common name because they feed exclusively on dome like coverings of certain psy;;id bugs, referred to as "bell lerps",that feed on eucalyptus sap from leaves.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Manorina
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