White-gaped or Brown Honeyeater juvenile

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sue818
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White-gaped or Brown Honeyeater juvenile

I was looking back over some old photos and came across this bird. At the time, I recall the white gape was quite noticeable so labelled it as a juvenile White-gaped Honeyeater. Now I wonder if I have excluded a juvenile Brown Honeyeater. The place was Theodore in Queensland.

All comments welcome

Sue

kazredracer
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The location and the detail around the eye look better for the Brown Honeyeater. Regards.

sue818
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Thanks, Kerry. I forgot to check the distribution of each species. It was the eye that made me rethink my original ID from some time ago. Seems it pays to revisit old pictures.

Sue

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