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Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorynchus tenuirostris


A small distinctive and active Honeyeater. Inhabits moist
heaths, forest, woodland, gardens & rainforest. Specialises in extracting
nectar from flowers of heathy tress and shrubs, but also gleans and hawks
insects and spiders.

The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al

Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Meliphagidae
Information sources: Photo taken at Eungella by Marlis Schoeb

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