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)

Bushpoo 1

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Bushpoo 2

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Young Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird