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Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum
This gorgeous little guy has a bright, red chin, throat and breast. Down the centre of his body is a bold, black stripe with white on either side. His head is black which extends down over his back.
Chowing down on Mistletoe berry in a tree at the waste water treatment wetlands.
"The small Mistletoebird is the only Australian representative of the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae, and is also known as the Australian Flowerpecker." (Birdlife Australia) Further reading: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/b... Reference: http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/...
Spotted on Oct 24, 2015
Submitted on Oct 28, 2015
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