Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater: Brown Eye Ring

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Honeyeater (Meliphagidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)

This Photo:

Brown Eye Ring

Thank you Thomas Mesaglio (TheBeachConber) & Brendan Duggan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Black & pink beak. Apricot breast bleeding to black & white streaked under.
Blue eye. Yellow cheek highlight in juveniles.
Has a huge vocal range.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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