Short-bearded Honeyeater

Short-bearded HoneyeaterThis dark-plumaged honeyeater has a short, white beard-like throat tuft. It lives in high mountains of western New Guinea among trees and shrubs.What does it look like?The plumage is sooty dark. A short beard-like tuft of white throat feathers has a black centre; the skin behind the eye is yellow and the tail tip is white.How does it live?This dark-plumaged honeyeater has a short, white beard-like throat tuft. It lives in high mountains of western New Guinea among trees and shrubs.It eats fruit, seeds, insects, and nectar. It forages in shrubs and ground-level thickets, and quickly hops into cover when disturbed.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.