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Noisy miner

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 2, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 22:44, 14 April 2016 (UTC)



The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird in the honeyeater family and native to eastern and south-eastern Australia. A grey bird, it has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye and white tips on the tail feathers. It is a vocal species with a large range of calls, scoldings and alarms, and almost constant vocalizations particularly from young birds. The noisy miner primarily inhabits dry, open eucalypt forests that lack understory shrubs. The density of noisy miner populations has significantly increased in many locations across its range, particularly human-dominated habitats. Noisy miners are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally, forming colonies that can contain several hundred birds. Temporary flocks called 'coalitions' are formed for specific activities such as mobbing a predator. The noisy miner is an aggressive bird, and chasing, pecking, fighting, scolding, and mobbing occur throughout the day, targeted at both intruders and colony members. The noisy miner's population increase has been correlated with the reduction of avian diversity in human-affected landscapes.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Masked shrike, 10 April 2016
 * Main editors: Casliber,
 * Promoted: March 15, 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: widespread and aggressive species in Oz - worth educating folks about. Also just ploughing through bird articles :)
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:48, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Blurb needs some trimming (400+ characters) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:00, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * trimmed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:51, 10 April 2016 (UTC)