DSC_2531 Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests. Kuranda National Park, Queensland *
DSC_2512 Hornbill friarbird (Philemon buceroides yorki) this is the 'helmeted friarbird' of Cape York Peninsula and coastal north-eastern Queensland - sometimes considered a subspecies, or even a full species. Kuranda National Park, Queensland *
DSC_1830 Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) the density of noisy miner populations has significantly increased particularly in human-dominated habitats. The popularity of nectar-producing garden plants such as the large-flowered grevilleas was thought to play a role in its proliferation, but it has also benefited from landscaping practices that create open areas dominated by eucalypts. Gold Coast *