Eastern Spinebill
A species of Spinebills Scientific name : Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Genus : Spinebills
Eastern Spinebill, A species of Spinebills
Botanical name: Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Genus: Spinebills
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Description
The male eastern spinebill is 13–16 cm (5–6.5 in) long, and has a long thin downcurved black bill with a black head, white throat with a chestnut patch and red iris. It has a brownish-red nape, a grey-brown back and pale cinnamon underparts. The dark tail is tipped with white laterally. Females are smaller with olive-grey crown, similar in colouring to male but slightly duller; and juveniles are pale warm cinnamon below with grey to olive-brown upperparts, a brown-red eye and orange base to the bill. The call is a clear, high-pitched, staccato piping "chip-chip-chip", sometimes repeated for lengthy periods. 
Size
16 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Yellow
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
15.5 years
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Eastern Spinebill primarily consumes nectar from various flowers, including gum trees and Proteaceae, and also eats small insects. Adapted to fluctuating nectar availability, eastern Spinebill manages by storing fat, longer feeding, or lowering its metabolic rate.
Habitat
Eastern Spinebill thrives in dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands with a rich shrub understorey and are also found in heathlands and dense coastal shrublands. Adaptable to both native and modified environments, they inhabit urban gardens and orchards, while sometimes occupying wetter forest types and subalpine zones, avoiding high alpine settings. Their distribution ranges up to 1200 meters elevation, predominantly in coastal northeastern regions.
Dite type
Nectivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Bird Feeder Type
Nectar Feeder
Distribution Area
Eastern spinebills are found in dry sclerophyll forest, scrub and heathland from the Cooktown area in North Queensland south through New South Wales east of the Great Dividing Range, through Victoria and into the Flinders Ranges in eastern South Australia as well as throughout Tasmania. Adaptable, they can be found in urban gardens with sufficient vegetation to act as cover and a food source.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Genus
Spinebills Species
Eastern Spinebill 
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