Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) - HBW 13, p. 583

French: Méliphage festonné German: Buntkopf-Honigfresser Spanish: Picoespina Occidental
Other common names: (White-browed) Spinebill, Western Spinebilled Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Gould, 1837, Van Diemen’s Land; error = district of Perth, Western Australia.
Forms a superspecies with A. tenuirostris. Monotypic.

Distribution: SW Western Australia mainly in coastal and subcoastal regions, from Eneabba S to Pingelly and Fitzgerald R, thence E to Israelite Bay and Cape Arid National Park.