Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorynchus tenuirostris
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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 |