Stage 2 & 3 students at Cullen Bullen Public School have become experts about the:

By Jade

DescriptionDescription

• The Regent Honey Eater has brilliant yellow patches on its wings and tail feathers that are visible during flight. Each eye is surrounded with a large patch of bare, bumpy skin. The honeyeater is 200-225mm in size and the female is often much smaller than the male.

• In the past, the Regent Honeyeater could be found in flocks of 50-100 birds.  Today, numbers are so reduced that birds are found either singly, in pairs or in small groups.

• Birds live to about 10 years old

By Shanyn

HabitatHabitat

• The Regent Honeyeater lives in eucalypt forests and woodlands dominated by box ironbark, in south-eastern Australia

• They once ranged from Rockhampton in Queensland to the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia

• Now they can only be found from the Warrumbungle Ranges in New South Wales to central Victoria.

By Zac

FoodFood

• The Regent Honeyeater will travel long distances to find the sweet nectar that makes up the majority of its diet

• Insects, small bugs, honeydew (from aphids), sap and fruit are all parts of the Regent Honeyeaters diet

By Maddy

BreedingBreeding

• The Regent Honeyeater breeds between July and January. 

• Collecting bark, grass, twigs and wool, the female Regent Honeyeater builds an open, cup-shaped nest.  She may also use cobwebs and line her nest with dried grasses.

• After fourteen days, the nestlings hatch. These little birds are demanding feeders. They are brooded and fed by both parents, who may feed them 23 times an hour!  They grow quickly and leave the nest after just 16 days. 

By 5/6

Threats & StatusThreats & Status

• The regent honeyeater is listed as endangered! • The threats to the Regent honeyeater are:• Big competitive birds like the Noisy miners,

Noisy Friarbirds And other birds• Land clearing• Agricultural• Overgrazing • And lots more

By Nick

How you can spot a Regent Honey How you can spot a Regent Honey EaterEater

• Attract native birds into your garden by planting native plants and installing bird houses/nest boxes

• Go bird watching in bushland with flowering native trees and shrubs

• Go visit Taronga Zoo

By 5/6

How you can protect the Regent How you can protect the Regent Honey EaterHoney Eater

• There are many things we can do to protect the Regent Honeyeater, they are:

• Conserve bushland especially stands of flower native trees

• Plant extra flowering native trees• Create wildlife corridors• Increase our knowledge of this bird – become

experts• Help sick or injured birds

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BibliographyBibliography

• Websites we used to discover the information presented in this slideshow:

• http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au/environment/plants__and__animals/threatened_species/animals/regent_honeyeater

• http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/regent-honeyeater.html

•http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/register/p02354aa.pdf

• http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/regent-honeyeater.html

• http://www.arazpa.org.au/Regent-Honeyeater/default.aspx