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Geoff's Gallery: Strong-billed Honeyeater (1/3)
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae
Melithreptus validirostris
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© Geoff Walker 2010
Bruny Island, TAS (Dec, 2010)
This bird uses its strong beak to prise away bark from trees in order to get to the insects and grubs under the tree bark.
Strong-billed Honeyeater
Strong-billed Honeyeater
Strong-billed Honeyeater