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WESTERN SPINEBILL FACTS |
Description
The Western Spinebill is a small honeyeater with long slender curved bill. The male has black head and rusty red band around the back of the neck to the underside of the bill and down the chest. The back and wings are grey. The female is duller with rust patch on back of neck and grey head.
Size
12cm to 16cm
Habitat
forest, woodland, scrub, heathland
Food
mainly nectar from plants, especially Banksias
Breeding
lays one or two eggs in nest made from plant fibre and spider web
Range
found only in the south west of Western 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: | superciliosus | | Common Name: | Western Spinebill |
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Spinebill (A. tenuirostris)
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