Brown-headed Honeyeater
Endemic to Australia...in temperate
forests and Mediterranean-type
shrubby vegetation.
Melithreptus brevirostris
(L 5.2-6")
Hattah-Kulkyne Nat’l Park
30Oct2015
Melithreptus is Greek for
honey feed; revirostris is
Latin for
short beak.
This amusing little bird seem to have no
fear of up or down, and certainly no fear
of hanging off the most precarious
positions. (David Jenkins)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
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