Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
(L 3.5-3.9")
Cattana Wetlands
26Oct2016
Native to most of Australia (but
not Tasmania) and also the eastern
Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
Newell Beach
Queensland
23Oct2016
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
Dicaeum is Greek for an apparent Indian
mentioned by Aelianus;
hirundinaceum is
Latin for
swallow-resembling.
© Wikipedia
 
female
A flowerpecker that mainly eats
berries of the parasitic Mistletoe
and spreads its seeds.
(Wikipedia)