Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris - Méliphage à bec grêle

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Méliphagidés
Genus
:
Acanthorhynchus
Species
:
tenuirostris

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics

Size
: 16 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 4 à 24 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris (e and se Australia)
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris cairnsensis (ne Queensland. ne Australia.)
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris dubius (Tasmania and Bass Strait islands)
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris halmaturinus (se South Australia and Kangaroo I.)

Foreign names

Méliphage à bec grêle,
Picoespina oriental,
papa-mel-enfeitado,
Rotnacken-Honigfresser,
keleti mézmadár,
Zwarthalshoningvogel,
Spinorinco orientale,
rostnackad honungsfågel,
Prydhonningeter,
peliar tenkozobý,
jehlozobka východní,
Østlig Seglnæb,
naskalivyömesikko,
bec d'espina oriental,
miodopijek długodzioby,
Восточный шилоклювый медосос,
キリハシミツスイ,
东尖嘴吸蜜鸟,
東方刺嘴吸蜜鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Hanbook of the birds of the world - Vol 15, del Hoyo J., Elliott A. Christie D.
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

Other sources of interest