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Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

About Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Flowerpeckers

The mistletoebird, also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and is a vector for the spread of the mistletoe's seeds through its digestive system.

Source: Wikipedia

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Visits

  • 2012-11-05

    Davies Creek National Park, Australia
    Image from 2012-11-05
  • 2012-11-09

    Mount Lewis, Australia
  • 2012-11-17

    Redden Island, Australia
    Image from 2012-11-17
  • 2023-04-19

    Cape Range National Park, Australia
  • 2023-04-20

    Cape Range National Park, Australia
  • 2023-04-21

    Cape Range National Park, Australia
    Image from 2023-04-21