Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) - HBW 13, p. 582
French:
Méliphage à bec grêle
German: Rotnacken-Honigfresser
Spanish: Picoespina Oriental
Other common names: (Victorian) Spinebill,
Slender-billed/Spinebill/Spine-billed Honeyeater; Tasmanian
Honeyeater (dubius)
Taxonomy: Certhia
tenuirostris Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = region of Port
Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with A. superciliosus. Proposed races
trochiloides (from Bunya Mts, in SE Queensland) and loftyi
(Mt Lofty, in S Australia) considered synonyms of nominate, and
regius (King I, in Bass Strait) synonymized with dubius.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cairnsensis Mathews, 1912 - NE Queensland (uplands of Atherton, Carbine and Windsor Tablelands), in NE Australia.
- tenuirostris (Latham, 1801) - coastal and subcoastal E & SE Australia from Queensland (Clarke Range) S, inland to W slopes of Great Divide, to Victoria and SE South Australia.
- halmaturinus A. G. Campbell, 1906 - Mt Lofty Ranges and S Flinders Ranges, Adelaide Plain and Kangaroo I, in South Australia.
- dubius Gould, 1837 - Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult perched flicking tongue in and out. Locality Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 28 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 43 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird perched in a bush, looking around and flying away. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched, looking around and flying away (then at 50% speed). Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 1 year ago 22 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding on nectar, first flying and then perched Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenuirostris)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 13 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch, then flying away Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenuirostris)
Nick Talbot 24 June 2005 4 years ago 1 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch and flicking it's tongue Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenuirostris)
Nick Talbot 24 June 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 3.8
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Eastern spinebill
Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 19 May 2011 34 weeks ago 4.3 -
Eastern Spinebill feeding on Grevilea
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2007 1 year ago 4 -
Eastern spinebill, male
Locality Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 2 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Feeding on a calistamon
Locality Railton, Tasmania, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 15 December 2006 47 weeks ago 3.8 -
Eastern spinebill feeding on Grevillea
Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 2 May 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult male perched
Locality Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 26 April 2011 41 weeks ago 3.6
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Calling while foraging in a tree Locality Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp tenuirostris)
Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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