Juvenile Scarlet Honeyeater?

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bpgroughan
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Juvenile Scarlet Honeyeater?

Good morning,

I am trying to identify this bird, looking through the field guide all I can find that is similar is the female scarlet honeyeater. Can anyone enlighten me pleaseIs this a juvenile Scarlet Honeyeater

dwatsonbb
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Can you please tell us where you are? It can rule in or out some species. Maybe Brown Honeyeater given Olive edge to wing, size will be bigger than a Scarlet. Short tail makes me think immature or juvenile. As always happy to be wrong.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

Devster
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A location would help a lot as Dale has pointed out. It's not a Scarlet I don't think as the bill is not slender or curved enough. I was leaning more towards brown but something still does not sit right with me due to the pattern on the wing and on the head.

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