noisy miner

English

Noisy miner.

Wikispecies

Etymology

'Miner' is a spelling variant of 'myna', a name given to this bird due to its superficial resemblance to the myna.

Noun

noisy miner (plural noisy miners)

1. A grey honeyeater, Manorina melanocephala, that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.
   • 2016 December, Nigel Andrew, “Beware the Cassowary”, in Literary Review:

     By keeping small birds out of huge areas and fatally degrading their habitat, the noisy miner has had a devastating effect on dry woodlands and the birds that ought to live in them.

Translations

Manorina melanocephala

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑頭礦鳥／黑头矿鸟 (hēitóu kuàngniǎo), 黑額礦吸蜜鳥／黑额矿吸蜜鸟 (hēi'é kuàngxīmìniǎo)

• Finnish: sotilasmesikko (fi)
• French: méliphage bruyant (fr) m
• German: Weißstirn-Schwatzvogel m
• Gurindji: wurtwurt, wutwut, yikyik
• Italian: minatore chiassoso
• Spanish: mielero chillón m, manorina alborotadiza
• Swedish: larmhonungsstare c

See also

• common myna, common mynah
• Indian myna, Indian mynah