Western Spinebill (male)

Description:

"The Western Spinebill is a small honeyeater with long slender curved bill. The male has black head and rusty red band around the back of the neck to the underside of the bill and down the chest. The back and wings are grey." (ozanimals)

Habitat:

Endemic to South-west Western Australia, this lovely Honeyeater was flitting around the camp hut at the Frankland River Campsite along Section 8 of the Bibbulmun Track.

Notes:

This little Honeyeater is on a Kangaroo Paw plant "which belongs to the genus Anigozanthos, which has 11 species. The closely related Black Kangaroo Paw is called Macropidia fulginosa. Anigozanthos and Macropidia occur naturally only in the southwest of Western Australia. They occur in a variety of habitats and soil types." (Australian National Botanic Gardens) Reference: http://www.anbg.gov.au/anigozanthos/ (Australian National Botanic Gardens) Reference: The Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian Birds, Mobile App. Reference: http://www.ozanimals.com/Bird/Western-Sp...