Mistletoe bird- Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Sorry for poor quality image but lighting conditions were very poor .
Male mistletoe bird passing undigested mistletoe seed ,ready to stick it to a branch of the mistletoe host tree (unidentified Acacia tree) The shape of the seeds are visible in the membrane encased faecal sack.
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.
Similar species: Perching Birds
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Uploaded Mar 12, 2022. Captured Feb 25, 2022 08:01 in 9F9X+CQ Waitpinga SA, Australia.
