bird pollination

Eucalyptus Muell- Bird Pollination

Honeyeaters are Australia's analogue of nectar feeding birds. The bird is nomadic in that they travel from place to place in search of nectar rom a wide variety of flowers over a large migratory feild. Due to its migratory habits, the bird cannot spend much of its time in search of a high quantity of nectar from a particular flower. Therefore, they are attracted to colourful (mainly red) flowers that often do hold alot of nectar.

The flower of the Eucalyptus Muell inhabits the same migratory patterns as the honeyeater and adopts a red colour pigment for its petals. It flowers at the same time that the honeyeater returns to th...