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Eastern Spinebill
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
Eastern
Spinebill: Acanthorhycnhus tenuirostris
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This is a beautiful little bird,
coloured rufous brown underneath, greyish on top, with a black head, contrasting
white bib, and a sharply downward curving bill.
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It's call is a series of piping
whistles.
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Being a honeyeater, it feed regularly on nectar, and can often be seen
hovering at flowers with a distinctive whirring sound of the wings like a
sunbird or an American hummingbird.
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It inhabits the wetter environments along
the east coast of Australia.
Script:
Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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