Australian Native Bellbird
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Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
19cm Medium-small, olive-green honeyeater. Distinctive at close range are black forehead, short black stripe before eye, short black moustachial streak, and small bare patch of orange skin behind eye. Characteristic olive green, washed golden on back and belly. Voice: high-pitched 'ting' closely resembling a bell. Scolding 'jack' notes and churring alarm call. Habitat: forest and woodland, usually damp with a dense understorey, suburbs and gardens. Locally quite common.

Flegg, J. (2002). Photographic Field Guide Birds of Australia. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers.

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