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EASTERN SPINEBILL FACTS |
Description
The Eastern Spinebill is a small honeyeater with long curved bill. The male has black head and the female has greyer head. Tan coloured underneath.
Other Names
Spine-billed Honeyeater
Size
16cm
Habitat
Forest and woodlands
Food
Nectar and small insects
Breeding
It lays 2-3 whitish spotted eggs
Range
Eastern coastal Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Acanthorhynchus | | Species: | tenuirostris | | Common Name: | Eastern Spinebill |
Relatives in same Genus
Western Spinebill (A. superciliosus)
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