PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris  

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
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© Kay Parkin 2014
Mount Lofty, SA (Apr, 2014)

A morning walk through the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is great exercise as it is extremely steep terrain. I paused, gasping for breath and noticed this lovely bird feeding. I asked it to fly me back to the top of the mountain but it ignored me.

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Eastern Spinebill