Banded Honeyeaters are the true nomads of the north - there one minute and gone the next. They wander through the woodlands of northern Australia in search of blossoming trees and their main food, nectar, although they feed also on the associated insects. When the times are right, they stay to breed and then, the males advertise their selected breeding territories in short vertical song flights. Such breeding events usually involve large aggregations of birds, sometimes hundreds.