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Table 5.

Bird species observed near and foraging at G. beadleana populations at Eastern Binghi (EB) and Guy Fawkes River National Park (GFRNP) over two reproductive seasons

Location Reproductive season Common name Scientific name Visits by species/ total species visiting
EB 1995–1996 Yellow‐tufted honeyeater* Lichenostomus melanops 10/13
White‐naped honeyeater* Melithreptus lunatus 3/13
Brown‐headed honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Fuscous honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens
1996–1997 Yellow‐tufted honeyeater* Lichenostomus melanops 6/10
Noisy friarbird* Philemon corniculatus 2/10
Spiny‐cheeked honeyeater* Acanthogenys rufogularis 1/10
Crimson rosella* Platycerus elegans 1/10
Red wattle bird Anthochaera carunculata
GFRNP 1995–1996 Eastern spinebill* Acanthorhynchus tenuirostrus 1/1
1996–1997 Eastern spinebill* Acanthorhynchus tenuirostrus 4/7
Red wattle bird* Acanthorhynchus carunculata 1/7
White‐naped honeyeater* Melithreptus lunatus 1/7
White‐cheeked honeyeater* Phylidonyris nigra 1/7

* Birds that foraged at G. beadleana.     Authorities for Latin names follow the Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds (1990).