PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Dicaeum hirundinaceum  

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Wychitella Conservation Park, VIC (Mar, 2011)

Bushpoo 1

Just look at the expression of concentration on this young Mistletoebird's face...

Then look at its other end, where sticky mistletoe seeds are appearing.

Click on Mistletoebird thumbnail labelled Bushpoo 2 for what happens next...

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Male Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Male Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Female Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Bushpoo 1

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Bushpoo 2

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Young Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Male Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird